Esther J. Cepeda: towns enforcing immigration laws could lead to "neighborhood lynchings"

The column here ("Beginning of the end?/Towns across America are taking illegal immigration control into their own hands — with frightening results. What's next? Neighborhood lynchings?") is pretty jaw-dropping even for Chicago Sun-Times ethno-booster and "reporter" Esther J. Cepeda:

...Towns across the country are so intent on controlling illegal immigration in their backyards, they're taking matters into their own hands... Take Panama City Beach, Fla., where the cops have taken to pulling up to construction sites with sirens blaring, chasing down and arresting those who run. I guess the regard for basic human dignity doesn't apply there... The sheriff has proven it's OK to terrorize certain community members, so how long until the first lynching? How long until it's commonplace for Hispanic immigrants to be murdered in the name of immigration law enforcement while neighbors cluck, "But they were illegal"?

Via this by Dave Gorak (ST contact info at the link), which describes how he appeared on a panel moderated by her and featuring the Mexico/Western Union/Blagojevich-linked Juan Salgado of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.

Immigration2007a · Thu, 07/05/2007 - 19:55 · · Importance: 1