37% + 31% is 68%. Count me in the other 32%
The GOP is letting the country down on this one. The Dems actively court the votes of illegals who are on the welfare gravy train to a greater extent than the general public. The GOP, benignly neglects the issue for a variety of reasons. There's the cheap labor argument; there's Bush's well intentioned but feckless hispanophilia.
Even generally conservative publications like the Wall Street Journal and Forbes, sane on many issues, are out to lunch on this one. They focus on the problems skilled, educated guest workers experience with the immigration bureaucracy while paying minimal attention to the problems caused by the flood of un-vetted invaders coming in through the unprotected borders.
All you have to do is watch these demonstrations. They are a measure of how bad the problem is, not the will of the citizenry. They're working, and can't afford to demonstrate in those sorts of numbers.
I would vote for a real "seal the borders" candidate, but its hard to believe either party is capable of producing one. If we won't protect the borders, why have an immigration debate, or worry about security?
Let me guess...no evening news will lead with this poll story. Prove me wrong.
Do Republicans really feel they can buy the Mexican vote via amnesty? They are dreaming on this one. The Democrats have the Hispanic vote just like they have the black one. Disparaging their “white” base to bribe the ethnics is just plain dumb.
WSJ and Forbes are not at all out to lunch.
The represent the interests of people who benefit from cheap labor and want to glut the American labor market to tilt the balance of power between labor and capital massively in favor of capital. They represent the interests of people who want a borderless world governed by a corporate plutocracy.