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[RWR8189]

Gallup Ping

FReepmail me if you want to be on or off the list.

[MisterRepublican]

Polls. Like exit polls. A poll will say what the poll taker want's it to say.

[texastoo]

Is there a poll on illegal immigration?

[GodfearingTexan]

i did a poll of my house and found that 100% of those polled responded that immigration was extremely important.

[Joe Hadenuf]

I can't understand what the big deal is about 3 million people entering our country illegally every year? So what if it's war time. So what if this adds the equivalent of 3 major cities a year of illegal aliens?

Don't they buy stuff from McDonald's and Walmart? Good for business, good for us!

Go Bush

[bayourod]

You artfully sniped the article to create a misimpression. For example you left out the second paragraph:

"Although the perceived importance of immigration has increased, it remains near the bottom of a list of issues in terms of the priority the president and Congress should give it, according to the public. "

Your deletion of all of the parts not supportive of your position is very significant because the full article will not be available after today to non subscribers.

[bayourod]

"The percentage of Americans who support a decreased level of immigration into the country was lower in January 2001, at 45%. The sentiment jumped to 58% in January 2002, due undoubtedly to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks against New York City and Washington, D.C. In 2003, 55% said the immigration level should be lowered, and last year, 49% felt that way. In short, sentiment that immigration should be decreased remains slightly higher now than it was before 9/11.

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[Ryan Spock]

I have to admit that I went to the page on the Gallup site, and have no idea what this poll is really about. The word illegal does not appear a single time on the entire page. So if they're just asking about immigration in general, that's a totally separate issue from illegal immigration.

Seriously, are they trying to be deliberately ambiguous in the questions they asked?

[gubamyster]

ping

[skeeter]

"Although the perceived importance of immigration has increased, it remains near the bottom of a list of issues in terms of the priority the president and Congress should give it, according to the public. "

All the more reason the president deserves criticism for his dogged pursuit of a guest worker program, and at the risk of fracturing the party.

[television is just wrong]

I believe if this country was relieved of the Illegal immigrants, the legal immigrants would not be such a problem for us.

[FBD]

I wonder how the question was framed, do you know?

It seems that it focused on immigration as a whole, and not illegal immigration.

Illegal immigration effects other areas, like terrorism, social security, taxes, education, etc.

Regards