Posted on 11/21/2006 10:30:00 AM PST by Aetius
Most Americans favor guest-worker program: poll Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:25 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most Americans believe illegal immigrants should be allowed to become guest workers and eventually U.S. citizens, but Congress should do more to close the border to stop more illegals entering the country, according to a new poll published on Tuesday.
The nationwide poll, conducted by Quinnipiac University, found that by a margin of 69 percent to 27 percent, American voters say illegal immigrants should be allowed into a guest worker program with the ability to work toward citizenship over a period of several years. Such a guest worker program had wide support among voters of all political stripes.
But 71 percent of voters said Congress must do more to deal with illegal immigrants entering the country.
"Two-thirds of Americans favor a guest-worker program with a path to citizenship," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "Maybe a lot of Americans think back to the stories of their own immigrant families."
"But Americans also want to close the borders to keep out illegal immigrants in the future," Carroll added. "There are big margins for a tougher border policy among all parties and among men and women."
Sixty-five percent of American voters support -- and 32 percent oppose -- laws in their own community to fine businesses hiring illegal immigrants, according to the poll.
"Americans think more needs to be done to deal with illegal immigration, and they want it done in their own neighborhoods as well," Carroll said.
The poll was conducted from November 13 to 19 among 1,623 registered voters and had a margin of error of 2.4 percentage points.
As such, it is worthless; just another poll designed to get a certain result, and when it gets those desired results, the media uses it to push its far-left views on immigration reform.
yeah Reuters got it like Bush got it.....
thats why the house and senate are now in dim-hands.
I am not familiar with the attrition method.
if you think you're gonna cart 'em all back, you really need to wake up.
Uh huh. If you believe this poll, then most Americans favor high taxes, high unemployment, double-digit interest rates, health insurance rates that are like paying college tuition, and being treated like crap by people who can't even curse you in a language you understand, too.
...if you think that's the attrition method you really need to wake up.
elections have consequences, the 110th congress will water down the last immigration bill, well thats what happens when they stay home and not vote
Quit giving them jobs and taxpayer handouts and a lot of them will go home. Crackdown on employers, you know the people that save money at others expense. I know all the arguments pro and con. People come down on the side they choose which they think will benefit them the most.
This is whether you like it or not how Americans feel. They do not like the chaos in the border, having to pay for illegal immigrant healthcare, education, crime as well as the obvious national security concerns with uncontrolled immigration. On the other hand many know people who are and have been here illegally for a long time, have built ties with the community , have AMERICAN born children as it is the LAW now and work decent jobs. Deporting those people either forcefully or by denying them the chance of working (end result, the same) just does not look or feel right. There is where the American soul IS. The longer the GOP hardliners fail to come to terms with that, the more electoral peril they will face from Hispanics and non Hispanics alike.
Ike did it almost 50 years ago in a world that was completely different. Today's media would be showing small children being rousted out of bed "in the dead of night" at the point of a gun. Be serious. Bush would never have been re-elected in 2004 if he'd done that. Only a Democrat deporting someone to Cuba could get away with that today. ;-) Yeah, I joke but it IS the reality today.
I'm with the 69%.
I don't doubt the results of this poll at all. I think it reflects public opinion pretty accurately.
Please speak for yourself on that.
Was your comment intended for me or someone else? I simply said I am not familiar with the attrition method.
However, I agree with your observations.
If its Reuters its WRONG.
yes another misleading poll.
If we ask people about a true guest worker program. Once which is NOT liked to illegal aliens AND is not a conversion to legal citizenship then most would support it as a LIMITED PROGRAM. Guest means guest. Guests GO HOME.
If it is convertable to citizenship then all you have is the current green card where a permanent resident who has an "anticipation of returning to their home country" can change their mind and become a US Citizen by application.
"Most Americans favor guest-worker program"
Guess what. We already got these programs.
Bush wants more to depress wages more.
Why is it that the leaders of the country don't seem to want to embrace any option other than amnesty? The Dems want more hapless helpless voters, companies want cheap labor for maximum profit which supposedly keeps the prices cheaper for us. These seem to be the only sides given any credibility. I can't see anybody out there, especially after this last election, that will be able to push any other point of view. So ya, I am speaking for myself here.
I think I am too.
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