There is also evidence of a growing antlimmigrant sentiment that is related to an increasing number of hate crimes against Asians and Hispanics. A 1988 report completed by the Asian and Pacific Islander Advisory Committee to the attorney general of the State of California notes that the 1980s witnessed an increase in acts of hate violence directed against Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. The committee noted that Asian and Latino immigrants were the least likely to report hate crimes either due to lack of English proficiency. suspicion of law enforcement. or failure to recognize . .ie criminal nature of the act. The hate crime problem in our country is further underscored by last years announcement by the Department of Justice that it will launch a major criminal iniestigation of white supremacist organizationsknown as skinhead gangswhich are active in the South. Southwest. and West.
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