If you look at the actual three points used to support the headline, they actually don’t even relate. From the article:
“About 72 percent of registered voters in Cantor’s district polled on Tuesday said they either “strongly” or “somewhat” support immigration reform that would secure the borders, block employers from hiring those here illegally, and allow undocumented residents without criminal backgrounds to gain legal status – three key tenets of an overhaul...”
Let’s bullet point them. According to those three points, the “reform” people were responding to in the poll would:
1. Secure the borders.
2. Block employers from hiring those here illegally.
3. Allow undocumented residents without criminal backgrounds to gain legal status.
Most Tea Partiers agree with points one and two, and depending on the wording of point three, we agree with that too. For example, if I was asked if illegal immigrants should be able to pursue citizenship I’d say, “sure. Any non-criminal non-citizen should have the right to pursue citizenship.
And we know how the questions can be worded in ways to get people to answer a question other than the one actually being asked. ;-)
But the bottom line is those three questions really don’t relate to “amnesty”.
I believe current law address well all three points. Only #3 requires applying for permanent residency (green Card) applications which must originate from a US embassy in the home country. It also sets an allocation of how many may immigrate from each continent.
Exactly right.