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Seventy-one percent (71%) of Likely Voters in Pennsylvania support sending U.S. troops to the border with Mexico to help prevent illegal immigration, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state. Sixteen percent (16%) are opposed to such a move, while 14% are not sure. Nationally, 79% of voters believe the U.S. military should be used on the country's southern border for that purpose. President Obama is sending troops to the Mexican border but says they are there only to prevent Mexican drug violence from spilling into this country. The survey of 500 Likely Voters in Pennsylvania was...

(2006-05-12) — In an effort to improve his sagging popularity in Mexican public opinion polls, President George Bush today reassured his Mexican counterpart that his move to place more National Guard units at the border is actually intended to keep illegal aliens from escaping the U.S. With Congress moving toward heavier penalties for undocumented workers and their employers, President Bush reportedly told Mexican President Vicente Fox that the U.S. government will do all it can to “retain the people who do the jobs no one else will do.” In a 15-minute phone call to Mr. Fox, President Bush reiterated his...

Well, the U.S. Congress has been given plenty of time to work on addressing our illegal immigration problem. Commentators across the country have provided lots of thoughts on the issue, including lots of ideas on how to address the problem. You would think that our elected representatives would listen to the people (meaning the citizens, not the law-breaking illegals), thoughtfully consider all the polls, review the studies on the economic impact (good and bad) of the huge illegal influx, think back on their oaths of office and what is expected of them by the citizens that vote, and come to...