Posted on 07/27/2015 6:57:12 AM PDT by GoneSalt
This new poll finding, courtesy of CNN, is not all that surprising, but it is very illuminating of the demographic challenges the GOP faces right now: A big majority of Republicans believes that the government’s main focus on immigration should be not just on stopping the flow of illegal immigrants, but also on deporting those already here.
The poll asks:
What should be the main focus of the U.S. government in dealing with the issue of illegal immigration — developing a plan that would allow illegal immigrants who have jobs to become legal U.S. residents, or developing a plan for stopping the flow of illegal immigrants into the U.S. and for deporting those already here?
By 56-42, Americans support developing a plan to legalize undocumented immigrants over stopping their flow and deporting those already here. Independents agree by 58-39, and moderates by 59-40.
But Republicans favor stopping the flow of undocumenteds and deporting those already here by 63-34. So do conservatives, by 55-43. “Those already here,” of course, amount to some 11 million people.
Now, it’s certainly possible that GOP support for deportation is inflated somewhat by the inclusion of securing the border on that side of the question. But even when the question is framed a bit less starkly, as a recent Post/ABC News poll did, a majority of Republicans does not think the undocumented should be allowed to live and work here even if they pay a fine and meet other requirements. This should not obscure the fact that a substantial number of Republicans are, in fact, open to legalization; it’s just that more of them apparently aren’t.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Typical, CNN weighted both sides of the question. Why say "illegal immigrants who have jobs", rather than simply illegal immigrants (and many are on various welfare programs).
Leave that out, and fewer would have favored allowing them to become legal US residents.
There is the relatively low hanging fruit... SNAP, EBT, welfare and the like.
What about the harder stuff? What to do about free Emergency Room health care? What about criminalian's kids going to elementary school?
Wanna know why? Because WE are the ones working our a$$e$ off o pay for their freebies not the whiney liberals. Let them work their butts off an extra 10 hours a week to pay or heir freebies for a while and I bet they stop defending them.
Wanna know why? Because WE are the ones working our a$$e$ off o pay for their freebies not the whiney liberals. Let them work their butts off an extra 10 hours a week to pay for heir freebies for a while and I bet they stop defending them.
GOP voters believe the law should be followed!!!
GOP voters believe that those who break laws should be punished!!!
GOP voters believe that people who sneak into this country, stay here, take U.S. jobs, work using stolen IDs, collect government benefits paid for by their taxes, should be rounded up and sent back South of the Border!!!
GOP voters believe America can be great again when our leaders follow laws already on books - not make up "new" laws pretending to "solve problems!!!"
GOP voters believe that elected politicians who stay in Congress gaining millions or more while pretending to work for their voters, then thumb their noses (or flip their middle fingers at the same voters that elected them) and call them names like "crazies," "wack-o birds," need to be run out of office and stripped of their taxpayer funded, lifetime pensions!!!
What a surprise!
I agree. Make them self deport by taking away the freebies and making it illegal to hire the non-taxpayer illegals who suck up the most benefits
Don't forget the musloids...they need to go home, as well.
It’s amazing how many believe that the rule of law and national sovereignty is optional.
I’ll take it!
> The Silent Majority becoming emboldened to speak out to pollsters?
I have a dream. A dream where the pissed off, spat on, second-class taxpaying people march to Washington numbering in the millions, right into the Halls of Congress and drag Boehner, McConnell, and the rest of the betrayers out into the street to beat the snot out of them, and remove them from office. A guy can dream can’t he?
We have a Congress ?
Where ?
That’s why asset forfeiture is needed.
When caught they will be sent home with just the clothes on their back.
Everything they own will go to covering the cost of them being here.
Don’t forget EITC payments, but yes, get all the low hanging fruit 1st.
Ha ha!
To many here to cut of welfare and kick out of jobs and the riots would destroy much of America. We are talking about around 30 millions illegals that would face starvation. Never happen that way. Deporting all of them will not work because the border is not secure. We are up the proverbial shi! creek and damn well without a paddle.
It’s amazing how many still believe that the rule of law, national sovereignty, and national security, are optional.
Our immigration policy should be to secure our border immediately and at the same time begin to speedily deport anyone and everyone who has entered our country without our permission to their own country.
We must once again apply great scrutiny to anyone that we do allow into the United States legally.
Also, the numbers that we do allow in should be greatly reduced for the foreseeable future. We have let in a huge mass of people in recent decades, and it’s time to allow time for assimilation of those people to occur.
Oh, and last but not least, stop slaughtering our own posterity. America is supposed to be THEIR inheritance.
Problems solved.
I’m in favor with deporting.... but we have to realize that in some states (like Oklahoma) once deportation takes place nobody will be able to pour concrete, put roofs on houses, or hire lawn work done for a while.
I am a conservative, not a Republican.
I want to strip the citizenship from employers of illegals and send them into exile too.
Especially including any who may have infiltrated Free Republic and who post here.
We can even sweeten and accelerate the pot by offering incentives to the first volunteers.
The first million get a one-way plane ticket back plus a $1000 check which can be claimed at the local U.S. Consulate six months later.
The second million get a one-way plane ticket back plus a $500 check which can be claimed at the local U.S. Consulate four months later.
The third million get a one-way air conditioned bus ticket (including a nice box lunch) back plus a $300 check which can be claimed at the local U.S. Consulate three months later.
The forth million get a one-way air conditioned bus ticket back (including a nice box lunch) plus a $100 check which can be claimed at the local U.S. Consulate two months later.
The fifth million get a one-way standard bus ticket back plus a sack lunch with PBJ sandwiches, corn chips and room temperature juice or soda pop.
The sixth million get a one-way standard box car ticket back plus a sack lunch with PBJ sandwiches, corn chips and room temperature juice or soda pop.
The seventh million get a one-way standard box car ticket back plus a self-packed lunch.
Anyone reporting for the voluntary deportation amnesty of seven million gets to be fingerprinted and sign a form stating that they will not attempt illegal reentry again. They will also be free to apply for legal entry after three years without penalty.
Those who don't volunteer to be among the first seven million will be barred from re-entry for life. Once we show we're serious, there will be a stampede for the seven million available self-deportation slots.
They don’t have elementary schools in Meh-Hee-Co?
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