Posted on 11/25/2015 5:16:25 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Political commentators have asserted for months that Donald Trump’s dominance of the Republican presidential field is fueled by his anti-immigrant rhetoric. As Thomas Edsall put it:
Donald Trump's success is no surprise. The public and the press have focused on his defiant rejection of mannerly rhetoric, his putting into words of what others think privately. But the more important truth is that a half-century of Republican policies on race and immigration have made the party the home of an often angry and resentful white constituency -- a constituency that is now politically mobilized in the face of demographic upheaval.
This is a very plausible hypothesis, but one with little comprehensive evidence to date. Now, thanks to a collection of survey data from YouGov, we can show how, and how much, voters' concern about immigration has helped Trump.
The YouGov data includes 14 surveys that were conducted every week or every other week between June 13 and Nov. 9. In these surveys, the most frequent question about immigration asks respondents to rate the issue's importance.
Republicans clearly agree that the issue of immigration is important: around 60 percent consistently say it is "very important." And believing that immigration is important is correlated with more conservative views on immigration. Among Republicans, those who believe immigration is very important are much more opposed to immigration policies like a path to citizenship -- according to data in the Nov. 5-9 YouGov poll.
So if Trump's appeal is partly about his conservative stands on immigration, his support should be particularly strong among Republicans who say that immigration is important.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
So called "legal" immigration is abused also to wit H-1B.
I’ve gone from being anti-illegal immigrant to being ANTI-IMMIGRANT, in large part due to the reaction to Trump.
Perhaps it is time for a ‘pause’, so we can clear out the people here illegally, clear out the people here legally, but hate this country (and we all know that bunch), and INTEGRATE the people that are here legally and want to join our mainstream (and not blow up buildings).
The reason why WHITE people are sick of immigration is it is always paid for by steeling the WHITE peoples’ money and using it against them.
We have tens of millions of illiterate ‘people of color’ that white people already pay for. We do not need to import more useless people!
How about stopping abortion and restricting the number of immigrants. Imagine a natural way to provide new population using our own citizens instead of everyone elses.
A labor shortage would cause wage inflation and cost-push inflation. Both are at nil levels indicating that there is no need to import anyone anytime soon. If ever.
You stand corrected.
Washington Post: How anti-immigrant anti-criminal invader attitudes are fueling support for Donald Trump
Trump is NOT just against illegal immigration, but also excessive LEGAL immigration:
“Every year, we voluntarily admit another 2 million new immigrants, guest workers, refugees, and dependents, growing our existing all-time historic record population of 42 million immigrants. We need to control the admission of new low-earning workers [...] Raising the prevailing wage paid to H-1Bs will force companies to give these coveted entry-level jobs to the existing domestic pool of unemployed native and immigrant workers in the U.S., instead of flying in cheaper workers from overseas. [...] Before any new green cards are issued to foreign workers abroad, there will be a pause where employers will have to hire from the domestic pool of unemployed immigrant and native workers. This will help reverse women’s plummeting workplace participation rate, grow wages, and allow record immigration levels to subside to more moderate historical averages.” - https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/immigration-reform
AND RIGHTLY SO:
“Legal immigration threatens our society” - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3322390/posts
If you don’t address the problem one step at a time, you’ll never solve anything.
Making the distinction between LEGAL and Illegal immigration also has the advantage of fending off the racism charges.
If we don't address the legal immigration problem soon, liberal voters will become a permanent majority and we'll REALLY never solve anything.
And legal immigrants impose slave wages on Americans.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.