For some reason I just got an email alert on this old story which I found pretty offensive but I noticed the pro-illegal side's been hitting the poll which has obviously been up for awhile, so I decided to post it:

Do you think the U.S. needs to toughen its stance on illegal immigration?

Yes, too many people are in this country illegally (15430 responses)

40.0%

No, we need to provide support for those who are seeking a better life (15435 responses)

40.1%

I think we need some laws, but they shouldn't be too exclusive (7670 responses)

19.9%

* 38535 total responses
http://www.vagazette.com/ny-liimmi23467 ... 8572.story


Here's the story from 2006:

From Newsday
Levy weighs link to immigration reformers

BY BART JONES | Newsday Staff Writer
March 23, 2006

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy said yesterday he is distancing himself from a Washington, D.C., group that critics describe as an anti-immigrant organization.

Levy said he is reassessing his association with the Federation for American Immigration Reform after reviewing a report about it by a Chicago-based civil rights group.

"There are some very disturbing allegations against the group contained in the Center for New Community report that if true would require some serious explanation and could ultimately lead to our complete disassociation with their organization," Levy said.

A representative of the group spoke at a meeting of elected officials from around the nation Levy helped organize in Washington on March 6 to talk about the local impact of illegal immigration. Levy said the group is not a member of the coalition.

Devin Burghart, of the Center for New Community, said the Federation for American Immigration Reform has received more than $1.2 million from the Pioneer Fund, a "notoriously racist" foundation formed in 1937 to encourage the descendants of white Colonists to procreate.

He said staffers with the Federation for American Immigration Reform have spoken at events with members of the Council of Conservative Citizens, which he called the largest white nationalist organization in the nation, and have given grants to anti-immigrant "hate groups" including $11,000 to American Patrol in California.

Federation spokesman Jack Martin denied that the group is anti-immigrant and said it is devoted to fighting illegal immigration and reducing legal immigration.

He acknowledged the Pioneer Fund money but said it was "a long time ago" and asserted that "prestigious" universities have received similar funding, although he could not name any.

He said Federation staffers have spoken at Council of Conservative Citizens events, but that they address a broad spectrum of organizations. He added that he did not know if the Federation funded American Patrol.