Posted on 04/22/2010 9:41:19 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
(CNSNews.com) - Seventy percent of likely Arizona voters approve of legislation passed by their state legislature this week that would require local law enforcement officers in the state to make a "reasonable attempt" to determine the immigration status of someone they suspect is in the country illegally, according to a Rasmussen poll.
The Arizona legislature approved th bill on Monday, and unless Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R.) vetoes it by Saturday, it will become law.
The Rasmussen Report poll conducted on April 15 asked 500 likely Arizona voters: “Do you favor or oppose legislation that authorizes local police to stop and verify the immigration status of anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant?”
Seventy percent said the favored the legislation, and only 23 percent said they opposed it. Six percent said they were not sure about it.
Even a majority of Arizona Democratic voters supported the bill, with 51 percent saying they favored it. Eighty-four percent of Republicans and 69% of non-aligned voters said they favored the bill.
With some critics of the legislation concerned that it will lead to racial profiling, the poll also asked: “How concerned are you that efforts to identify and deport illegal immigrants will also end up violating the civil rights of some U.S. citizens?” Twenty-three percent said they were very concerned, 30 percent said they were somewhat concerned, 28 percent said they were not very concerned, 18 percent said they were not at all concerned. One percent said they were not sure.
The Arizona bill says: “For any lawful contact made by a law enforcement official or agency of this state or a county, city, town or other political subdivision of this state where a reasonable suspicion exits that the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States, a reasonable attempt shall be made, when practicable, to determine the immigration status of the person.”
This makes me wonder about the makeup of the thirty percent who do not favor such actions.
Amnesty McCain.
AZ leading the country with this law and the BC eligibility law.
Go JD!
Darn Right. Just like all the other Ballot Initiatives that had to do with Illegal Immigration. 70% voted for.
That would people the people who don't like to do their own yardwork and clean their own pool.
I think not; those numbers were covered LONG ago.
Obviously (sayeth the "truly enlightened"...) There is a critical need to transport the vast majority of Arizona citizens to the re-education facilities???
“For any lawful contact made by a law enforcement official or agency of this state or a county, city, town or other political subdivision of this state where a reasonable suspicion exits that the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States, a reasonable attempt shall be made, when practicable, to determine the immigration status of the person.”
I see the only action in this law as this...”to determine the immigration status of the person.””
Once you identify them is there any action required to do anything about it?
I’d be willing to bet 100% of the courts looking at this will not support it.
Sign the damn bill, Mrs. Gov. Or you are done.
The other 30% are targets for illegals. They are opposed to people having guns for self-defense. The 70% for the bill will be armed and waiting.
Actually, getting rid of 30% of a city’s assholes is not a bad way to start “urban renewal”. Liberals will get you killed, not themselves. Cowards!
70% is a whopping number.
This does not bode well for their idiot senator mcamnesty at all.I wonder what his internal numbers are showing?
We’ll never know the numbers because they are kept well hidden. It is telling that he has done an about face on the issue. It has to be because he had no choice, and his backers know that it’s just a ruse. Ditto Cap and Trade. He is working hard to overcome his own record. Hopefully it won’t work.
On issue after issue JD has the far superior record.
Some of them are Libertarians, I was in a meeting today where this bill was brought up, the only person in the room who objected was a Libertarian, he was instantly mad, he started ranting about it being dangerous, how it could be used against everyone.
I completely agree with your statement.
Obviously, the Illegal Alien supporters are in the minority, especially in Arizona. Lets hope the 70% help to defeat Juan McAmnesty in August
Yes, me too... I guess that other 30% is mostly illegals I’d guess...
I wonder about mass immigration out of Arizona if the governor vetoes this law. I guess we shall have to wait and see... Seems that law and order does not exist anymore (at least in Arizona - maybe). Go Governor - do your thing and protect the people - hell with political correctness.
That’s weird about the libertarians. You would think that they cared about the invasion of illegals.
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