Yet another benefit of ‘diversity…’
Crackdowns on illegal immigrants and other law enforcement effortsare driving gangs out of Northern Virginia and into Maryland and theDistrict, a report released Monday concluded.
“Many gang members from Northern Virginia are moving or driving toPrince George’s and other Maryland counties, into the District ofColumbia or further south and west into Virginia to avoid dealing withpolice departments that are unrelenting in their efforts to keep gangsunder control,” authorities wrote in the Northern Virginia RegionalGang Task Force report.
The report said the task force’s success is the result of Virginia lawenforcement’s use of anti-gang policing measures, including thereferring of suspected illegal immigrants to federal authorities. Sincethe task force was created in 2003, it has arrested 952 gang members,more than 40 percent of whom were illegal immigrants, the report said.Experts say jurisdictions such as Montgomery County, where police aretold to look away from immigration violations, have become safe havensfor gangs.