The most recent NY Times/CBS poll is getting headlines for showing that Bush is the lamest of lame ducks, but the most interesting numbers are on immigration.
On the political front, 45% support the Dem position versus 29% supporting the GOP on immigration.
Oh, oh. I guess you can kiss that whole changing the law to make being an illegal immigrant a felony thing goodbye. Sorry guys.
Lets continue as it gets better...
Remarkably, the number of people calling for LEGAL immigration to be decreased is at a historical low. Just last year and for most of the last decades, roughly a majority of the public called for decreasing immigration below its present levels.
Today, just 34% call for decreasing legal immigration, with 39% calling for INCREASED levels of legal immigration and 22% calling for maintaining present levels of immigration. Obviously, some of the message has gotten through that the best way to deal with illegal immigration is to create greater opportunities for legal status for immigrants.
And as for illlegal immigration, only 36% of Americans in the poll believe immigrants are taking jobs away from American citizens. But it's on solving the problem that you see the rightwing view being rejected:
61% of Americans favor giving illegal immigrants legal status and keeping their present jobs
and 66% reject building the proposed 700-mile fence at the border.
Poll after poll has come to the same conclusion and the evidence is painfully clear. People are rejecting the views of the extermists which is why groups like the Connecticut Citizens for Immigration Control and U.S. Citizens for Immigration Law Enforcement can't seem to find new members nor can they get more than 100 people to come to any of their events.
Earth to the xenophobes...NO ONE IS LISTENING TO YOU! I think I likes you guys better when you wore white robes.
Will the Republican-controlled Common Council see the writing on the wall or will they keep digging themselves deeper into a hole? All indications show that they still have the shovel in their hands.
Maybe they should remember that November 2007 isn't that far away.
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On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
The amended complaint states that plaintiffs sought to remedy the continued discriminatory and unauthorized enforcement of federal immigration laws against the Latino residents of the City of Danbury by Danbury's mayor and its police department.
Plaintiffs allege that the arrests violated their Fourth Amendment rights and the Connecticut Constitution because defendants conducted the arrests without valid warrants, in the absence of exigent circumstances, and without probable cause to believe that plaintiffs were engaged in unlawful activity. In addition, plaintiffs allege that defendants improperly stopped, detained, investigated, searched and arrested plaintiffs. Plaintiffs also allege that defendants violated their Fourteenth Amendment rights when they intentionally targeted plaintiffs, and arrested and detained them on the basis of their race, ethnicity and perceived national origin. Plaintiffs raise First Amendment, Due Process and tort claims.
Plaintiffs request declaratory relief, damages and attorneys fees.
On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
