at effect does the immigration issue have on how you will vote in November?

Answer 1

No

Answer 2

Have you ever heard of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982)? The state of Texas had created a law (May 1975) requiring that all children enrolled in the public schools be either U.S. citizens or legal immigrants -- prohibiting illegals. A little more than two years later a lawsuit was filed in Tyler, TX challenging the law as a violation of the 14th Amendment's guarantee of the equal protection of the laws. All three levels of the federal courts came to the same basic conclusion -- the law is unconstitutionally discriminatory. The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling was by a narrow margin, 5 to 4, with Justice Brennan writing the majority opinion, for himself and Justices Blackmun, Marshall, Powell, and Stevens. (In previous cases, Justices Blackmun and Powell had taken the view that the state may constitutionally ban legal immigrants from jobs as police officers (Foley v. Connelie, 435 U.S. 291 (1978)) and that getting an education is not a constitutionally guaranteed fundamental right (San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 1 (1973)).) My "favorite" (note the sarcasm) part of Brennan's opinion for the Court is, "It is difficult to understand precisely what the State hopes to achieve by promoting the creation and perpetuation of a subclass of illiterates within our boundaries, surely adding to the problems and costs of unemployment, welfare, and crime." What a swell job of understanding the motives of the Texas legislature. Six years after the Plyler decision, Professor David P. Currie, writing a two-volume text called "The Constitution in the Supreme Court," had harsh words for this particular decision. He wrote, "With all due respect, this is carrying solicitude a little far. Public resources are scarce and those who have no business being here can have poor claim on them. I may have a right to keep a burglar out of my house, the Court appears to be saying, but once he is there I must invite him to dinner." This ruling by the Court is one the MANY reasons I have for disliking the SC. And my dislike is so STRONG that it keeps me away from the voting booth. I didn't vote in 2004 and I won't vote next month and I'll probably never vote again. Because of the SC.

Answer 3

none, because no matter what the republicans or democrats say, neither will have the backbone to do what really needs to be done. I don't look at the positions of individual candidates anyway. I vote the party that is closer to my ideology, because what counts in the end is which party has the majority in both houses of congress and the executive branch. Because that determines what kinds of judges are confirmed to the bench, and they end up running the country anyway. So if you want a socialist, godless, morally neutral society, vote democrat. If you want a USA that looks like the country our founding fathers created, with God in our lives and the opportunity for all to succeed, vote republican.

Answer 4

Immigration will play a role in how I vote but it is not the biggest issue for me. The erosion of civil rights (loss of the writ of habeus corpus), the war in Iraq and the divisiveness in this nation which has been strongly encouraged by this administration will play a big part in my vote.

For those who feel immigration is the biggest issue and plan to vote republican keep this in mind, the republicans have had both houses of congress for over a decade. They have had the presidency for six years. In that time the problem of illegal immigration has only gotten worse. Why are you voting for the same people who have failed to deal with this problem?

Answer 5

The illegal issue will have an effect on how I vote, but not an "immigration issue," because there is no immigration issue. Illegals invading the land is not "immigration."

Answer 6

I don't have a problem with LEGAL immigration. I will vote for the candidates that are the most stringently against ILLEGAL immigration. We have to crack down, arrest all the ones already in the USA and ship them back, including any children and babies born here. PERIOD.

Answer 7

None whatsoever. My main issue is the war in Iraq - and I'm against it. I live in South Texas in a multi-ethnic society. My neighbors are Cajuns, African Americans, Viet Namese, and Hispanic. I think we are a stronger, more interesting culture because of free and vigorous immigration.

Answer 8

A very big factor and I think u meant what

Answer 9

Huge factor.

Answer 10

None whatsoever.

Answer 11

I'm voting republican all the way!