By Pepper of the Daily Pepper, who has OD'd on Miers and needs a palate cleanser
If it's one thing I've noticed about the New York Times, it's that once a problem begins to hit the suburbs, it's all of a sudden a VERY BIG DEAL. Class stratification hits the 'burbs? Write up a whole series. Girls who make it to Yale declaring they'd rather be stay-at-home moms? Front page it, baby!
The latest problem to strike the 'burbs - and the NYT - is illegal immigration. On Thursday, Paul Vitello profiled suburban areas who are treating an influx of immigrants like a zombie plague:
Steve Levy, the Democratic county executive in Suffolk County, sent police officers to help shut down single-family houses crammed with 40 and 50 immigrant workers in Farmingville, a hamlet that has become synonymous with the conflict between day laborers and suburban homeowners. His move rankled many Hispanics, some of whom have labeled him as racist, but his popularity in mostly white Suffolk County has risen.
Plenty more after the jump!
