Posted on 05/25/2007 11:25:37 AM PDT by PghBaldy
WASHINGTON - New polling shows a strong preference for enforcing U.S. Immigration laws that cause illegal aliens to go home. Advocacy groups and even some media outlets have released surveys showing support for legalizing illegals. However, those polls often gave voters a very limited choice between large-scale deportations or "earned legalization," or simply asked about conditional legalization without any alternative. When given the across-the-board enforcement option, with the goal of causing illegals to go home, the public strongly favors the enforcement approach over legalization with conditions.
Contrary to the new Senate bill, most Americans want less and not more immigration. When told the number of immigrants here and the number coming, 70 percent of voters said the level is too high, 19 percent said it is about right, and 5 percent said too low.
75% of Republicans said immigration is too high, 5% said too low.
69% of Democrats said immigration is too high, 6% said too low.
71% of self described moderates said immigration is too high, 4% said too low. Public prefers that illegals go home, rather than be legalized. 58 percent of voters said they wanted illegals to go home, compared to 30 percent who favored legalization. The public still overwhelmingly supported enforcement over legalization even when many conditions are imposed on illegals like paying a fine, learning English and undergoing a background check.
Americans support enforcement to make illegals go home. When presented by itself, 79 percent of the public said they supported reducing the illegal immigrant population by increasing border enforcement, penalizing employers, and increasing cooperation with local law enforcement, while 15 percent were opposed. No other proposal had near this level of support.
"Many polls give only the false choice of legalization or mass deportations. Some even give legalization as an option in isolation without other alternatives. But when given across-the-board enforcement that causes illegals to go home as an option, the public overwhelmingly supports it rather than legalization with conditions," said Jessica Echard, Executive Director of Eagle Forum. "This poll shows why Senators who support the Kennedy-Kyl amnesty are facing such a firestorm of opposition from constituents."
This National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC on May 15, 2007. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
Pulse Opinion Research, LLC is an independent public opinion research firm using automated polling methodology and procedures licensed from Rasmussen Reports, LLC.
http://www.eagleforum.org/alert/2007/poll-summary.pdf
http://www.eagleforum.org/alert/2007/poll-results.pdf
If this bills apsses I will hold the republican Party responsable for it and will never vote or donate to the party again.
I will become an independent.
Even while underrepresenting Republicans, the [CBS/NYT] poll shows one interesting result that neither news service headlines. Only 13% of Americans believe that the war should be defunded. That comes in question 94 of the survey. 69% want the war funded with some form of benchmarks, and 15% want it funded with no strings attached at all.
Amazing. Yet it's still being forced upon us.
Other than fruit growers and construction company owners, why would anyone want MORE ILLEGAL immigration
OMG, Republicans *agree* with Democrats on the illegal immigration issue?!? [swoons]
BUMP
AND yet, the MSM continues to push the issue as something millions and millions of Americans/illegals want? Righhhhht.
Sarkozy offered the illegals in France $8000 cash to leave.
I want him a President.
I wouldn’t pay a dime to lawbreakers. Bring on the buses Ray Nagin had no use for in NOLA! :-)
ICE: Looking, Booking and Deporting Illegal Aliens since [insert upcoming date here]!
For Your Information:
Mexican Amnesty Activists Have A Direct Line to OUR Senators!
For those of you having difficulty getting thru to your senator, here is the 800 # paid for by the Mexican Amnesty Activists:
800-882-2005
This will get you directly to your senator unlike the #'s available to the US Citizen.
Press 1 when you hear a Spanish message, then Press 1 again to be transferred to your senior senator's office
OR
Press 2 when you hear a Spanish message, and you'll be transferred to your junior senator's office.
You get through immediately and the call is paid for by the enemy!
Originally Posted By Freeper Scarpetta.
Visit: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1839080/posts?page=1,100
Its a win win...CA spends 10 grand per illegal kid in the schools...plus breakfast and lunch....8 grand would be getting off easy.
“If this bills apsses I will hold the republican Party responsable for it and will never vote or donate to the party again.”
If this bill passes, it will be mainly due to the Democratic Congress, as last year it was the GOP House that stopped it from happening.
So the destruction of the GOP in multiple ways as a result of this very bad bill is icing on the cake for the Democrats.
Enforce the law already on the books. No more legislation. Take the latest immigration bill and toss into the toilet.
In the absence of enforcement,we can get the word out in the meantime that there is money to be made in filing RICO lawsuits against employers who hire illegal aliens.
Employers would have no trouble shutting down the border if they could get sued by someone under the RICO statutes for hiring these people in the first place. The next time an illegal alien kills someone in a drunk driving accident or somesuch thing, I’m going to point out that the victim’s family might be able to seek compensation from the employer under these statutes in the hopes that it would catch on. If this did catch on, would see such a swift backlash against illegal immigration that no employer would go near these people and they’ll all simply want to go back home.
I disagree with you. I think it is time that these parties, Democrats and Republicans, start earning our votes rather than just taking them for granted. I had always hope the the Republican Party would become more conservative, but that hasn’t happened, and with this Bill and their lurch to the left, I can’t, in good conscience, support them anymore. They have called for their own destruction by ignoring and abusing their base.
Darn, I forgot to plug my favorite Presidential candidate, Duncan Hunter who is the only one who gets it on this issue. This thread in particular is strong evidence of what I’ve been saying all along, that Hunter has good crossover appeal with voters.
Either show them the door or enforce the original intent of the Constitution.
AMENDMENT XIII
Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, EXCEPT AS A PUNISHMENT FOR CRIME whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Convict them of the crime of trespass and enslave them, call it...
YOU CATCH ‘EM, YOU OWN ‘EM!
My septic tank gagged at the prospect. There are limits to what they will digest you know!
Regards,
GtG
PS ST suggests shredding and burning as suitable.
“Other than fruit growers and construction company owners, why would anyone want MORE ILLEGAL immigration”
The politicians want it because, knowing how p1ssed and frustrated the American people are getting with them, they need a bunch of new, naive, brain-washed voters who politicans assume will be grateful to them.
How dumb are GOPers for thinking they can outpander, promise etc. the dims who will then “acquire” all of these new voters?
There are a few of those busses parked in a field along I-10 between Houston and Lake Charles. I would rather pay to have them put back in service. ICE could cordon of areas in cities where 100s illegals gather to get work each morning, drive these busses up ... load’em up and head for the border. See it is easy. Just a few at a time ... one by one and eventually they are deported.
See? This is what I think of whenever I hear the cliche: “We can’t deport that many illegals!!”
I say creativity and persistence are the way to go—it’s what made America the great country she is! :-)
That was such great info. I have been calling several times a day for wash of my senator’s.
I just tried to call again and IT NO LONGER WORKS. After a short wait I get a fast busy signal.
I guess your message touched a nerve.
Thanks
That was such great info. I have been calling several times a day for each of my senator’s.
I just tried to call again and IT NO LONGER WORKS. After a short wait I get a fast busy signal.
I guess your message touched a nerve.
Thanks
If this bills apsses I will hold the republican Party responsable for it and will never vote or donate to the party again.”
I will become an illegal American.
Good. Hopefully they shut down the line completely or it’s being hit hard by anti-illegal immigration callers.
why is it, what ever the people want, the government wants- does the opposite.
1-800-882-2005. (Spanish number)
1-800-417-7666. (English number)
try the english number, it is still working. I just called difi’s office again on it.
Hah I just got thru on the Spanish line again.
I have no idea how they are doing it but I get a busy signal and then it switches over and starts ringing. They have a direct line in.
It still works too.
I stopped contributing to the Republican party since a year ago. Whenever they call (as shown on caller ID) I don’t bother picking up the phone. Will continue to do so until they grow some spine. I am tired of throwing my contributions into a black hole.
“Take the latest immigration bill and toss into the toilet.”
Don’t do it unless it is written on toilet paper.
“69% of Democrats said immigration is too high, 6% said too low”
Ooooooooo Nooooooo say it aint so...
:)
Or it’s written over the Koran. Kill two birds with one stone. Flush both down the toilet.
It’s not what the public wants, it’s what big agribusiness and other low skill job providers want.
Screw the general public.
Funny thing is that it’s the blacks and entry level job seekers who lose out as a result of all these illegals. I don’t see Jackson or Sharpton leading much of a clamor against this type of thing.
Bipartismship at its best.
Bipartismship at its best.
Of course. You don’t think we’re still a representative republic, do you? We haven’t been that in a long time. The disagreements between parties is just theater.
George Wallace was right.
Never NEVER donate to the RNC. Donate directly to your candidate.
I just called the toll free number in Spanish, and got through to both senators. It’s 9:18 CST, so I had to leave messages.
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