Posted on 06/28/2018 1:06:36 PM PDT by bitt
Prominent Democratic pollster Mark Penn said on Thursday that a vast majority of Americans don’t really support so-called sanctuary cities that shield immigrants in the country illegally from deportation.
Penn, who served as chief strategist for Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, revealed that 84 percent of Americans favor turning undocumented immigrants over to federal agents.
“I asked them, ‘Do you think notifying ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] would in fact increase crime because it would inhibit people from reporting crimes or does it decrease crimes because it takes criminals off the street,’ and they overwhelming said ‘decrease,’ ” Penn told Hill.TV's “Rising.”
Penn said the response was strikingly “out of sync” with what the public might think about sanctuary cities. The broad term refers to cities that don’t fully cooperate with federal authorities when it comes to turning over people in the country illegally to immigration enforcement.
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How come Hillary’s strategist agrees with Trump but McCain’s strategist agrees with the Dems?
84% won’t smack themselves on the head with a shovel, either.
If I found out my next door neighbor was illegal, I’d call ICE. I’m sick of the invasion.
Penn needs to go back to pollster school.
He is not supposed to ask people what they think, he is supposed to tell them what they are supposed to think! ;-)
The 16% are the illegal aliens.
.... Depends on what the strategist is strategizing I guess ...
And the others live in Cali...
Cities which don’t “fully cooperate”? More like, they break the law.
So would I.
If 84% of the voters supported ANYTHING, you would think you could get Congress to vote in support.
Not Paul Ryan. Nope. Build a Wall - nope! Not RINOs
Trouble in paradise.
Which is why I believe that a whole lot of them, on “both” sides, are very personally invested in unfettered immigration, legal and illegal, for many reasons. They fight for amnesty like they fight for nothing else in politics, all of them. They never let it go, no matter what a majority of us say.
Only 84%? I would have thought the number would be higher.
November Red Tsunami coming (or Big Blue Undertow)!
“And the others live in Cali...”
It would be interesting to poll people born in CA prior to 1970. My guess is that it would closely follow the national polls. We hate it, but nobody is listening.
What would the left do to second amendment sanctuary cities?
Or prolife sanctuary cities?
So would I. I have a lot of Hispanics in apartments around me. I would bet most are illegal. If ICE ever raids around here I’ll be on my balcony celebrating.
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