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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Chilling Poll Speaks To Increasing Xenophobia In The U.S.

Reading a recent blog entry, regarding Arizona's extremist anti-immigration law, on Think Progress was nothing short of disturbing.

Here is a brief excerpt:
A new NYT/CBS poll shows that “the public broadly agrees that the Arizona law will result in racial profiling, overburden local and state law enforcement agencies, and decrease illegal immigrants’ willingness to report crimes for fear of deportation.” Nevertheless, a slim majority of Americans still supports it ...
This is a sad state of affairs, but shows the paranoia of people who see the demographics of the country changing ... the browning of America.