Poll: Plurality want Obama to delay immigration action

The Hill ^ | November 17, 2014 | Justin Sink

[Cincinatus' Wife]

A plurality of Americans say President Obama should wait for Republicans in the new Congress to act on immigration reform, rather than acting unilaterally before the end of the year, according to a new poll released Monday.

Forty-six percent surveyed by USA Today think Obama should hold off and allow the new Republican majorities in the House and Senate to act on immigration reform. By contrast, 42 percent of Americans say Obama should act now.

Obama has vowed to act before the end of the year, and administration officials have said he'll receive final recommendations on actions in the coming days.

“What I’m not going to do is just wait," Obama said earlier this month. "I think it’s fair to say that I have shown a lot of patience and have tried to work on a bipartisan basis as much as possible."

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), though, warned Obama against executive action during a meeting earlier this month at the White House, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has likened the maneuver to waving a red flag at a bull.

Some congressional Republicans are examining ways they can use a coming budget bill to undercut the president's power to act on immigration.

The poll found voters may also be upset if the president vetoes legislation approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Six in 10 voters say Obama should sign a bill approving the controversial energy project, while just 25 percent disagree. The Senate is poised to vote on the issue on Tuesday, with supporters one vote short of the 60 needed.

Obama said last week lawmakers shouldn’t “short-circuit” the existing process for evaluating the Keystone XL pipeline, and aides have hinted he could veto the bill if it comes to his desk.

“I’ve been clear in the past … and my position hasn’t changed, that this is a process that is supposed to be followed,” President Obama said at a press conference.

The poll found voters do support a pair of presidential priorities Obama has rolled out since the midterm elections. More than two-thirds of those surveyed back the president's climate deal with China, which will decrease both countries' greenhouse emissions. And 63 percent of voters back the president's call for Congress to pass legislation explicitly authorizing military action against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

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[amnestynone]

Most polls I have seen say it is a majority who do not want tis thing one way or the other.

[Vendome]

“I’ve been clear in the past … and my position hasn’t changed, that this is a process that is supposed to be followed,” President Obama said at a press conference.

Uhn huh....

[jospehm20]

If it is as accurate as the pre-election polls, the real number is probably 15 points higher.

[rdcbn]

Obama is not imposing amnesty because he is listening to the will of the American public, he is imposing amnesty to empower a huge new voting base of illegal aliens totally beholden to him so he can ignore the will of the American people.

This is the same strategy Hugo Chavez used to impose his dictatorship and Bolivarian Revolution on the Venezuelan people and to loot and destroy the country .

Hugo died with a net worth of over 2 billion dollars but was dead broke when first elected 10 years earlier

[A CA Guy]

So when he does it anyway the Senate and Congress needs to go to directly to a Supreme Court justice for a temporary hold and emergency hearing.

[Democrat_media]

What American would want an illegal to take away his job?

this is absurd . what is wrong with democrat voters that they want more immigrants , amnesty etc?

I don’t want any immigrants to be legalized because they’ll take my job and also because new immigrants vote for socialism

[Beowulf9]

Since when does Obama care about the American voice.

[kenmcg]

Bull spit!! This is a biased poll. Most other polls indicate it’s 65% against.

[Bubba_Leroy]

Obama decided long before the election exactly what he was going to do and when and nothing is going to change his mind. Congress and the American people be damned.

The only question is what will Congress do about it next year? Most likely, not a damned thing.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

It was a phone survey of 1000 adults.

Not even likely voters.

Who knows where they surveyed.

34% identified as aligning with no party, 24% identified as Republicans, and 32% identified as Democrats.

46% said to wait, 42% said go ahead now and 10% didn’t have an opinion.

I bet USA Today was hoping to have a majority who wanted amnesty.

[Jeff Head]

My answer to Obama on immigration:

My Answer on Obama's Immigration Plans

Also, if you get the chance, watch this YouTube Video: "Coming to America - Legally:, and consider passing it on.