#NOPD look to undocumented workers to help solve crimes | #Louisiana

Written by: Leigh Isaacson

New Orleans, La. –

New Orleans Police say they need everyone’s help to keep the city safe. The problem is there’s an entire community of people who are afraid to report crimes because they’re in this country illegally.

An illegal immigrant who lives in New Orleans, Santiago, describes why he didn’t call the police when he was robbed at gunpoint.

“I threw myself on the ground and that’s when I heard he cocked the gun,” Santiago said through translator and Spanish activist Marisa Rodriguez.

Santiago didn’t need to speak English to understand the gun pointing at his head when a man demanded his money.

“I looked in the corner of my eye and I could tell it was a big gun, and at that point is when I took out my wallet and I just threw it,” Santiago said in Spanish.

He said robbers know that many undocumented workers get paid in cash.

“What I do, I just keep what I need and the rest of it I will send to my family back home. That way, I don’t have any cash on me,” Santiago said.

Santiago is part of the migrant force that came here to make a better living by rebuilding houses after Katrina.

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