Did you see the latest poll results?

Question

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20061016/pl_usnw/new_poll__immigration_key_issue_in_contested_races__public_wants_illegals_to_go_home__enforcement__no_immigration_increase103_x

The complete results are online at http://www.cis.org. Among the findings:


-- Immigration is a big issue throughout the country. Of likely voters nationally, 53 percent said immigration was either their most important issue or one of their top three issues, while just eight percent said it was not at all important. With the exception of Connecticut fourth, in races surveyed only about 10 percent of voters said it was not important at all.


-- When told numbers, voters want less immigration. When told the actual number of immigrants here (legal and illegal) and the number coming (legal and illegal) and asked to put aside the question of legal status, 68 percent of voters nationally thought immigration was too high, 21 percent about right and just two percent thought it was too low.

-- Voters less likely to vote for immigration-increasing candidates. Experts agree that the bill passed by the Senate earlier this year would at least double future legal immigration, yet 70 percent of voters said they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who wanted to double legal immigration. Overwhelming majorities in every battleground race feel the same way.


-- Voters reject both extremes -- legalization or mass deportations. Some previous polls have shown support for legalizing illegal immigrants. But those polls have given the public only a choice between large-scale deportations or "earned legalization" and not the third choice of across-the-board enforcement, causing illegals to go home. This third option, which is the basis of the bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, is voters' top choice.

There's a lot more but you can follow the link to read it yourself.

Do you agree or disagree with this poll?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20061016/pl_usnw/new_poll__immigration_key_issue_in_contested_races__public_wants_illegals_to_go_home__enforcement__no_immigration_increase103_x

Yeah, and we have to keep our jobs and not have our wages undercut to be 'workers', don't we?

Vandosa, people who were born in different countries but naturalized here and are, in their hearts, American, are true Americans. It doesn't matter what prior generations did.

And produce would go up $10 a year for a family of four if they stopped paying farmworkers poverty level wages. Immigration aside, they shouldn't be paying farm workers poverty wages.

And the kids who parents would leave behind uncared for are, I suspect, the ones we are already paying for on food stamps etc. People who have been self reliant would, I presume, continue to be so.

However, my main ax to grind is fixing the problem going forward. The problem is that the politicians don't seem to REALLY want to do that, and we CAN tell the difference.

Answer 1

Your right on. Let me just add a few things. Today they have re estimated the number of illegals entering the USA yearly from the 3 million yearly to 9 million year.
Last year 1.2 million were sent back to their country making the 3 million not so bad but a far cry from the truth. Only 20 % were not Mexican or central/ South Americans. They were from other eastern and far eastern countries but they bought documents in South America most paying around 30 to 60 thousand dollars.
Of course the 80% were from Mexico and Central/South America.
I have been dealing in immigration issues both legal and illegal since early 90's and we are now in real deep s h i t. that is as mildly stated as I can be.
But, as you wrote above, more and more are against immigration and not just illegal. I hope it isn't to late but my knowledge in this issues doesn't give me much comfort.

Keep up the talk and remember anyone calling you racist or any of those 5 cent words have NO Facts to back up their position just ranting and naming calling to shut you down.
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Answer 2

Great link...I liked this part a lot and it seems to sum up my feelings too.

House immigration plan by far the favorite. Enforcement approaches with no increase in legal immigration were the most popular policy option -- 44 percent wanted enforcement that causes illegals to go home, the House approach and another 20 percent wanted large-scale deportations. Just 31 percent supported legalization of illegal immigrants.

So they say no legalization,good my feelings too.

Vanidosa. this is 2006 and we live in the present not the past,We are not going to change back to that long ago.Its a fact and you need to realize it.No matter how many times its said nothing is going to change what happened in the past.My ancestors came here in 1702
I am a native born American as are most of us .Its a fact and it cant be changed.

Answer 3

I agree with the poll 100% anything that will safe guard our Nation, we as Americans have to back it up all the way. For those Americans that think that the safety of our Nation is not important well some day they will understand, hopefully. What we are having is an invasion of illegal aliens that's corroding our way of life and the economy of our middle class. The Big Corporations are the only that benefit from this cheap labor that hired them and explode them,but the prices of their goods are the same, not cheaper. Wake up America.

Answer 4

Immigration is o.k. as long as the laws are followed. It takes a long time to become a naturalized citizen many, many years! Illegal immigration has really strained the resources and it is not fair to those who have followed the law to become legal citizens of USA. Personally I feel only those people who can contribute something to USA should be allowed to come here legally. I have a friend whose father is a great mathmatician and he was asked to come to USA. So many come here to suck the resources and do not care for the country!

Answer 5

Remember the wording of the question??? They don't want to go home which means enforcement only. The way to reduce immigration is from people overseas. Its easier to arrest a person fingerprinted bio-metrically, and Immigration policy with the lottery systems needs to go away. Yet, are government policies never encourage more natives to have children. Then on top of that how are we gonna pay for social security benefits to baby boomers leaving the workforce in droves. We need common sense its easier to have Mexican walk to the border and declare there intention to work, and be required to find a bondsman's to work. One million come in each year to America if we save 800,000 for Mexico, Canada, UK, Australia, and use the rest of the spot based on skilled labor be the most common sense approach. Immigrates must be between the age of 20 to 45 for a work visa, and be able to pay a bond of 20,000 dollars to the Untied States government, and stay out of trouble and maintain a job for 5 years then get a permanent work visa, and papers and guidebook to be American citizen, and speak English. Get rid of immigrant diversity lottery system period it discrimates against people more likely to assimlate.

Answer 6

Problem is, if you deport all of the illegal immigrants, your prices for produce and other items that are made on this cheap labor are going to go up. Plus all of the American children left behind will continue to suck money out of the tax payers pockets.
In the long run, we all lose.
Unless you are Native American, you are not a true American either, your parents or grandparents, or great grandparents came from somewhere other than America.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

I was just reading that at another site...it's gonna be a biggie in November, and woe betide the immigration-friendly candidate...

Answer 9

That's good to know - This issue is a double edged sword.. But I'm one of those who are against amnesty - I think deportation is the way to go, regardless of what anyone says.

Answer 10

Didn't Lou Dobbs say there is wide spread trouble with E-voting?