Posted on 05/03/2006 7:45:44 PM PDT by nckerr
WASHINGTON, May 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A new Zogby poll of likely voters, using neutral language (i.e., avoiding the words "amnesty" or "illegal alien"), finds that Americans prefer the House of Representatives' enforcement-only bill by 2-1 over Senate proposals to legalize illegal immigrants and greatly increase legal immigration. The poll was conducted for the Center for Immigration Studies. Complete results are on line at:
http://www.cis.org/articles/2006/2006poll.html.
-- On immigration generally, Americans want less, not more, immigration. Only 26 percent said immigrants were assimilating fine and that immigration should continue at current levels, compared to 67 percent who said immigration should be reduced so we can assimilate those already here.
-- While the Senate is considering various bills that would increase legal immigration from 1 million to 2 million a year, only 2 percent of Americans believe current immigration is too low. This was true for virtually every grouping in the survey by ethnicity, income, age, religion, region, party, or ideology.
-- When offered by itself, there is strong support for the House bill: 69 percent said it was a good or very good idea when told that it tries to make illegals go home by fortifying the border, forcing employer verification, and encouraging greater cooperation with local law enforcement, while not increasing legal immigration; 27 percent said it was a bad or very bad idea.
-- Support for the House approach was widespread, with 81 percent of Republicans, 72 percent of independents, 57 percent of Democrats, and 53 percent of Hispanics saying it was good or very good idea.
-- When offered by itself, there is also some support for the Senate approach, though not as much as for the House bill: 42 percent said the Senate approach was a good or very good idea when told it would allow illegal immigrants to apply for legal status provided they met certain criteria, and it would significantly increase legal immigration and increase enforcement of immigration laws; 50 percent said it was a bad or very bad idea.
-- There were few groups in which a majority supported the Senate plan, even when presented by itself. Exceptions included Hispanics, 62 percent of whom said it was a good or very good idea, and the most liberal voters (progressives), 54 percent of whom approved of it.
-- When given three choices (House approach, Senate approach, or mass deportation), the public tends to reject both the Senate plan and mass deportations in favor of the House bill; 28 percent want the Senate plan, 12 percent want mass deportations, while 56 percent want the House approach.
-- But when given a choice between just the House and Senate approaches, without the choice of mass deportations, the public prefers the House approach 64 percent to 30 percent.
-- One reason the public does not like legalization is that they are skeptical of the need for illegal-immigrant labor. An overwhelming majority of 77 percent said there are plenty of Americans to fill low-wage jobs if employers pay more and treat workers better; just 15 percent said there are not enough Americans for such jobs.
-- Another reason the public does not like Senate proposals to legalize illegals and double legal immigration is that 73 percent said they had little or no confidence in the ability of the government to screen these additional applicants to weed out terrorists and criminals.
-- The public also does not accept the argument we have tried and failed to enforce the law: 71 percent felt that past enforcement efforts have been "grossly inadequate," while only 19 percent felt we had made a "real effort" to enforce our laws.
The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent, non-partisan research organization which examines and critiques the impact of immigration on the United States.
http://www.usnewswire.com/
Once again you are so far off base you can't even conceive of the point I made.
How much does it cost to go to court? Just give me hard numbers!
He didn't risk all that to sit in jail and if he thinks things are getting serious he'll leave. By the way , if looks across th room and sees his boss that won't hurt either.
watch your language.
we have these laws now, for drug dealers and those caught with drugs. do we not? we can argue some other time about whether you like them, but we have them now. and we can use similar laws to punish businesses - repeat offenders who hire illegals.
I know Vietnamese that have been here 20 years who speak very little English, do all their business in cash, and deal only with other Vietnamese.
Besides, you think employers check references on hourly workers? LOL!!!
To get an answer to the question. Why do you seek to not answer?
OK, they all, each and every one refuse to return, believing that jail is better than their homeland.
Would you voluntarily choose to have your family starve, or would you risk jail to feed them if that was the only option on the table?
Are you actually trying to argue that we should just roll over?
No. Are you intent on proving that women are unable to understand English, and thus should be stripped of the franchise?
This is ONE ZOGBY poll that the MSM may IGNORE completely!!
yeah right - try for example, owning a business where you dump some kind of prohibited waste on your property - something as simple as motor oil for example. and watch what the EPA can do to your business, without any kind of trial or conviction.
Where do you put 'em, and how do you guard 'em?
Reffer to my post 61 on how to deal with this issue.
Why did they have to take a poll on this.
Any citizens could have told them that no amnesty is wanted by 91% of all Americans .
No more open borders by 83% of all voters.
Not many Vietnamese swimming across the Rio Grande!
OK, I got an idea: instead of offering problems, how about you offer a solution.
Moral of the story, if we legalize the folks who are here and set up a guest worker program, they will demand prevailing wages and benefits, so we gain nothing but a bigger population and a bigger drain on social services.
Here's my solution (well, not really mine but piece meal from other places, but anyways). Step 1 - shut down the southern border for real with troops and walls. Step 2 - give the illegals who are here 4 months to identify themselves. Those who don't identify themselves go to prison for 5 years before getting deported when we catch up with them. Step 2 - figure out how many illegals are upstanding, send the rest back, send the really bad ones to jail. Step 3 - Give the employers 3 months from the end of the 4 to come clean. Step 4 - now, with the employers having to pay fair wages, see exactly how many low level employees we need. My guess is not that many since we have a 4.7% unemployment rate, not a ZERO% rate. Step 5 - create a guest worker program to accomodate that need.
I have never said this to any freeper since I have been here.
you are a rude idiot.
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