Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Opinion: Public generally less anti-immigrant than Arizona law suggests

Recent polls indicate that Americans are in support of immigration reform and want a good solution that does not deport all immigrants. - - Donna Poisl

By Gilbert Cedillo, Special to the Mercury News

Immigrant Day was acknowledged at the State Capitol last month, and though our agenda aimed to protect and help integrate immigrants into California, the word on my mind was "Arizona."

The now-infamous Arizona law, which many feel institutionalizes discrimination, passed just weeks earlier. It has sparked many protests and counter-protests, and seems to have only further polarized an already contentious arena of debate that now lands everyone in one of two camps: pro-immigrant or anti-immigrant.
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