Mixed views on AZ immigration

Some members of the L.A. City Council compare the new Arizona immigration law to Nazi Germany. A new Gallup poll finds that 51 percent of Americans are in favor of the law that requires police to check the immigration papers of people they suspect are in the country illegally. And a WSJ/NBC poll finds that only 34 percent of those samples are somewhat or strongly opposed to the law (seven in 10 Hispanic respondents are somewhat or strongly opposed). What all this suggests is a sharply divided electorate that will make it next to impossible to resolve the immigration debate this year - or perhaps in any year. I realize the council meant well, but its vote this morning to ban most city travel to Arizona and prohibit future contracts with companies in that state won't mean very much economically. If anything, it could result in the loss of local business at a time when L.A. needs all the business it can get. (LAT, Gallup, WSJ)