Poll Analysis: Large Majority Favors “Guest Workers”

TIME ^ | 03/31/06 | MARK SCHULMAN AND TARA REGAN

[fantom]

Within 5 years time will be a 2 page hand out . What a pathetic attempt . I suppose we should be happy , this may be the first time they agree with bush .

[smalltownslick]

This said "MAKE Illegal immigration a crime" it's already a crime. Illegal means a crime, doesn't it?

[MaineVoter2002]

This said "MAKE Illegal immigration a crime" it's already a crime. Illegal means a crime, doesn't it?

Makes you wonder if half the prostesors even know what they are protesting. If they're watching cnn, they had probably concluded that the US may stop immigration. Period. LOL

[sinkspur]

What is illegal that is not also criminal?

It is illegal to drive 50 mph in a 30 mph zone.

You are not a criminal for doing so.

[Jorge]

Jorge sez; Build the wall THEN give us a guest worker program!

[MaineVoter2002]

My version is that a guest worker MUST

* Have a full background check and get certified. They would then be able to cross the border for extended periods of time with minimum hassle.

* Any child born of a guest worker would be a citizen of the country of the parents citizenship.

* All employers of guest workers must report all employees to a government agency.

* All employers of guest workers must abide by the same employee/employer rules at the rest of the country.

* All guest workers that commit crimes will have their guest worker status revoked and will be returned to their country of citizenship at the cost of the originating country.

* Any one entering the country that has had a guest worker certification revoked will be sent to an outsourced prison (India or China) for life without parole.

* Anyone entering the country without proper certifications, visas, or other federally official authorization shall be sent to an outsourced prison for no less than 10 years.


AND NO ILLEGALS ALREADY IN USA ARE ELIGIBLE

[Jim_Curtis]

These fake polls must influence Republican politicians or the Times and them wouldn't keep publishing these absurd results that always show that the masses have assimilated their favored liberal/anti-law/anti-security position on each and every issue.

[Clemenza]

The only way we can win is if we keep calling and writing our congressman and Senators.

[Reagan Man]

Another recent poll.

Quinnipiac University poll. Feb. 21-28, 2006. N=1,892 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 2.3.
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"As you may know, immigrants to the United States can be here legally -- that is, they have been legally admitted to the country and are allowed to live and work here; or they can be here illegally. Such immigrants are sometimes called 'undocumented' because they do not have papers allowing them to live and work here. Should legal immigration into the United States be kept at its present level, increased, or decreased?"
						.
		Present Level	Increased	Decreased	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	2/21-28/06	33	24	39	4
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"How serious a problem is illegal immigration into the United States: a very serious problem, a somewhat serious problem, not too serious a problem or not a problem at all?"
						.
		Very Serious	Somewhat Serious	Not Too Serious	Not a Problem	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	2/21-28/06	57	31	9	2	1
						.
"Do you support or oppose making it easier for illegal immigrants to become citizens?"
						.
		Support	Oppose	Unsure
		%	%	%
	2/21-28/06	32	62	6
						.
"Do you support or oppose making it easier for illegal immigrants to become legal workers?"
						.
		Support	Oppose	Unsure
		%	%	%
	2/21-28/06	41	54	4
						.
"Do you support or oppose allowing illegal immigrants to get drivers' licenses?"
						.
		Support	Oppose	Unsure
		%	%	%
	2/21-28/06	25	72	4
						.
"Do you support or oppose requiring proof of legal residency in order to obtain government benefits?"
						.
		Support	Oppose	Unsure
		%	%	%
	2/21-28/06	84	14	3
						.
"Do you support or oppose eliminating the automatic American citizenship for illegal immigrants' children who are born in the United States?"
						.
		Support	Oppose	Unsure
		%	%	%
	2/21-28/06	42	50	7

 

[NapkinUser]

82% say that the United States is not doing enough to keep illegals from entering this country.
62% favor taking whatever steps are necessary at the borders, including the use of the military, to cut the flow of illegals into this country.
56% favor building a security fence along the U.S.-Mexican border.
71% support major penalties for employers who hire illegals.

Nice.

A large majority believe the U.S. is not doing enough to secure its borders (82%).

[singfreedom]

I support a guest worker program ONLY if American businesses have to request the workers they need AND only if they have already advertised for AMERICAN WORKERS FIRST. Enforcement on the border has to be first priority, however.

I am getting REALLY tired of Congress promising to enforce immigration laws. Something they still have not done.

In 1965, the "swimmer", himself, promised that "our cities will not be flooded with a million immigrants annually. Under the proposed bill, the present level of immigration remains substantially the same....Secondly, the ethnic mix of this country will not be upset." (Immigration subcommittee chairman Edward Kennedy, Immigration Nationality Services Act, 1965, [Hart-Cellar])

Now you tell me, has he kept his word? And this clown is still trying to screw the American people. Based on his above assessment, I'd call him inept, incompetent, and certainly not the one we want writing current legislation on this subject.

Now one of the bigwigs of La Reza is trying to convince his members that they need to just kill all the "Gringos"! We're old and since they are the majority anyway, etc. He needs to be arrested for "hate speech"!

[Reagan Man]

Immigration Issue Remains Divisive

Survey of 1,000 Adults

March 28-29, 2006

More Important
Reduce Illegal Immigration	65%
Expand Legal Opportunities for Foreign Workers	25%
RasmussenReports.com

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Should there be a way for illegal immigrants with a job to stay in US Legally?
Yes	39%
No	44%
RasmussenReports.com

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Trust More on Immigration
Republican	38%
Democrats	37%
RasmussenReports.com

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March 30, 2006--As Congress considers legislation to reform the immigration process, the nation remains divided on how to proceed.

By a 65% to 25% margin, Americans say it is more important to reduce the number of illegal immigrants entering the U.S. than it is to expand legal opportunities for foreign workers to get jobs in the U.S.

However, that doesn't translate into an overwhelming public desire to force illegal aliens out of the country. Thirty-nine percent (39%) of Americans say there should be some way for illegal aliens with a job to stay in the U.S. legally. Forty-four percent (44%) disagree while 17% are not sure.

Fully a quarter (25%) of those who believe reducing illegal immigration is the top priority also believe that some way should be found to keep illegal immigrants in the country legally.

Earlier surveys on immigration have found support for building a barrier along the Mexican border and positive attitudes towards citizen patrols along the border. Another survey found that most Americans consider current immigration laws a threat to both national security and the economy. Three-fourths of all Americans believe it is too easy for people from other countries to enter the United States.

[MaineVoter2002]

I support a guest worker program ONLY if American businesses have to request the workers they need AND only if they have already advertised for AMERICAN WORKERS FIRST.

This was actually the original plan. I'm not sure if it still is. I hope so. It's the plan I support

Enforcement on the border has to be first priority, however

Exactly. Unfortunately the illegals already here are not going anywhere so we have time to deal with that after we plug the holes in our borders.

[Jim_Curtis]

The only way we can win is if we keep calling and writing our congressman and Senators.

You know what would be a lot more effective than calling our Senators? Recalling some of them.

[mjaneangels@aolcom]

I notice that Time is presuming that the guest worker program is for illegals that are already here. I do not favor that, nor amnesty for illegals.

I do favor a guest worker program for those who are not here, but want to come here to work for a limited time to work. I am not against those who come here legally, even temporarily, having an opportunity to later become citizens.

Along with a guest worker program for those who want to work here legally, I would demand that anyone who has been deported from here for being here illegally in the past, present or future not be able to get in the guest worker program or get any other visa at all, ever.

[Dutch Boy]

"AND NO ILLEGALS ALREADY IN USA ARE ELIGIBLE"

I can't believe I forgot that one. I must be getting tired.

[MaineVoter2002]

The only way we can win is if we keep calling and writing our congressman and Senators.


http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

[wardaddy]

what a biased poll

[mjaneangels@aolcom]

"What is illegal that is not also criminal?"

Good question. Here is another question. How can a bill criminalize illegal immigration? Isn't illegal immigration already criminal?

[USMA '71]

The Poll's partisan breakdown is as follows:

32% Democrat

28% Republican

25% Independent

Speaking of statistically valid - I guess the 15% not accounted for in the poll population are illegal aliens!