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Connecticut Town Struggles With Illegal Immigrants
http://www.foxnews.com ^ | Thursday, April 28, 2005 | fox news

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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To: cyborg

I'm a little slow tonight (too much scotch). What are you referring to 'borg?


61 posted on 05/07/2005 10:47:26 PM PDT by Clemenza (I am NOT A NUMBER, I am a FREE MAN!!!)
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To: Clemenza
I knew Mario wanted to ban em all.

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.

62 posted on 05/07/2005 10:47:31 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan ("Get in the ring!")
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To: antonia
The Republicans are going to bear the blame and they will lose control of the house and the senate. They might as well, they're worthless. The Republican's have moved left and they are like the RATS used to be. The RATS have moved left so far they are now Socialists, and the Socialists have moved left and are now Commies!

America is DOOMED! Short of a revolution, there's no way to save it.

63 posted on 05/07/2005 10:52:02 PM PDT by NRA2BFree (Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge ..)
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To: Flyer; Xenalyte
I am terribly sorry if my comment offended; I didn't mean to say anything rude about Xena. I've read a lot of her posts and think she's hilarious ala Ann Coulter. She once made a mention that she corrected typos in books, a habit I used to have. I should have posted a comment to her, thereby introducing myself, but didn't.

I don't post too often actually, but when I do I often seem to put my big old size nines in my mouth. I'm a newbie and that's no excuse; I still understand I broke etiquette. My apologies to Xena.
64 posted on 05/08/2005 12:20:03 AM PDT by two134711 (If you're too open minded, your brains will fall out.)
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To: two134711; Flyer

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 . . .


65 posted on 05/08/2005 7:20:01 AM PDT by Xenalyte (I am at Dr. Venture's lab to right that which is wrong and to repair the torn curtain of time itself)
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To: Clemenza

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.


66 posted on 05/08/2005 7:28:45 AM PDT by chris1 ("Make the other guy die for his country" - George S. Patton Jr.)
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To: chris1
The wealthy scum of wastechester are so insulated in their gated estates and mercedes, they could care less.

Precisely my point.

67 posted on 05/08/2005 10:00:15 AM PDT by Clemenza (I am NOT A NUMBER, I am a FREE MAN!!!)
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To: Xenalyte

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.


68 posted on 05/08/2005 11:29:22 AM PDT by two134711 (If you're too open minded, your brains will fall out.)
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To: antonia; All
wait a minute. is it really the federal government's fault that they can't handle the influx of new citizens into their town?

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.

69 posted on 05/08/2005 11:32:26 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (In Honor of Terri Schiavo. *check my FReeppage for the link* Let it load and have the sound on.)
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To: Clemenza

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.


70 posted on 05/08/2005 7:51:06 PM PDT by chris1 ("Make the other guy die for his country" - George S. Patton Jr.)
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To: bahblahbah

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.


71 posted on 05/08/2005 7:57:57 PM PDT by MissAmericanPie
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To: M. Thatcher

I never thought I'd say I'm afraid to go to MK, but I'm afraid to go to MK.


72 posted on 05/08/2005 8:12:42 PM PDT by Senator Pardek
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To: TAdams8591

Watch the Pubbies do their conservative song-and-dance routine when the 2006 mid-term elections roll around.


73 posted on 05/08/2005 8:15:43 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Harmful Or Fatal If Swallowed)
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To: Senator Pardek
I never thought I'd say I'm afraid to go to MK, but I'm afraid to go to MK.

Was it something I said, amigo?

74 posted on 05/09/2005 12:22:12 AM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: M. Thatcher

Madre!


75 posted on 05/09/2005 8:26:13 PM PDT by Senator Pardek
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To: Senator Pardek
Madre!

Merde!

76 posted on 05/09/2005 10:42:35 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: M. Thatcher
Murday!
77 posted on 05/11/2005 7:54:53 PM PDT by Senator Pardek
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