Posted on 05/07/2005 10:42:36 AM PDT by antonia
DANBURY, Conn. - Mayor Mark Boughton blames the government for his town's inability to cope with 15,000 illegal immigrants, approximately 19 percent of the overall population.
"This is one community that has been incredibly stressed by failed federal policy and we need help," said Boughton.
Because the illegal residents aren't counted in the U.S. census, Danbury doesn't receive any federal aid for them.
"In terms of our social services, this presents a tremendous strain, particularly on quality of life of our neighborhoods, our schools our health care system," Boughton said.
Residents complain the influx is killing property values. Homeowner Peter Gadiel said neighbors are fed up. "They're blue collar workers and their whole life savings is tied up in their house and they're seeing their neighborhood being destroyed."
The mayor says he wants state police officers to be deputized as federal immigration officers - giving them access to a federal database and helping them track illegal immigrants. But Connecticut's attorney general said Boughton needs the approval of the governor and others before that can happen.
Boughton has set up a task force to inspect neighborhoods that have received a lot of complaints about buildings housing illegal immigrants. In one home, the task force found 30 cots in the basement, each one being rented for $5 a night.
This middle-class New England suburb is nowhere near an international border but it still has the illegal immigration problems familiar to cities like San Diego and Tucson, Ariz.
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I'm a little slow tonight (too much scotch). What are you referring to 'borg?
an attempt to make the Bronx a high-tech center (laugh all you want, I still do).
LOL. All I can think of is "Detroit's Renaissance" during the Coleman Young years.
America is DOOMED! Short of a revolution, there's no way to save it.
No apology needed, and it's lovely to meet you!
If only there were a REAL job that allowed me to proof . . . one that paid a living wage . . .
Hey buddy, you got it right. The wealthy scum of wastechester are so insulated in their gated estates and mercedes, they could care less. A guy like me trying to make his way in the world without the benefit of inheritance or wealthy parents really has to hustle.
Precisely my point.
Thank you for the warm greeting.
And you are welcome to correct me anytime. I'm sure there will be plenty of opportunities, given the way my paws recklessly pound away at the keyboard, LOL.
while this plays nicely into the "screw the immigrants" mentality that appears a little further out into right field, it sounds like your basic good old fashioned buearocratic blame-shifting squeaky-wheel strategy.
I just got back from visiting a friend in Columbus Ohio. He bought a house for 300K that would be probably 900k here with 12-15 k in taxes. His taxes are 2k.
Republicans will lose both houses and the Presidency if Democrats promise to deal with the illegal immigration problem. That is a given.
Of course when in office they won't do one real thing to fix the problem, but voters have always fallen for being lied to. The Republicans have not shown any reason for voting for them other than they are not officially called democrats.
I never thought I'd say I'm afraid to go to MK, but I'm afraid to go to MK.
Watch the Pubbies do their conservative song-and-dance routine when the 2006 mid-term elections roll around.
Was it something I said, amigo?
Madre!
Merde!
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