Maria (Charo) Juega of Princeton
The troubling story of a couple of wealthy Princeton property owners whose negligence caused a pack of unlicensed, unvaccinated, unleashed dogs to attack and inflict life-threatening injuries to a landscaper is a dark sign of our times. The James are now fighting a legal and public relations battle to protect their dog, at the expense of the credibility and character of the victim, whom they now blame for the incident, while his condition of immigrant has turned into an “aggravating” factor in the eyes of the public.
One only has to skim through the trail of repulsive comments posted on internet blogs, or tune in to the paladins of just causes, the Jersey Guys on 101.5 FM, to get the tone of the public discourse that this incident has unleashed all over the state. That this appeal has found such a widespread echo is one more warning of the looming tsunami of anti-immigrant feeling washing up on this country.
Maria (Charo) Juega
Latin American Legal Defense
and Education Fund
PO Box 80
Princeton

