Posted on 05/23/2007 8:48:12 AM PDT by notes2005
Initial public reaction to the immigration proposal being debated in the Senate is decidedly negative.
A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey conducted Monday and Tuesday night shows that just 26% of American voters favor passage of the legislation. Forty-eight percent (48%) are opposed while 26% are not sure. The bi-partisan agreement among influential Senators and the White House has been met with bi-partisan opposition among the public. The measure is opposed by 47% of Republicans, 51% of Democrats, and 46% of those not affiliated with either major party.
The enforcement side of the debate is clearly where the public passion lies on the issue. Seventy-two percent (72%) of voters say it is Very Important for “the government to improve its enforcement of the borders and reduce illegal immigration.” That view is held by 89% of Republicans, 65% of Democrats, and 63% of unaffiliated voters.
Advocates of “comprehensive” reform have taken to arguing that those who want an enforcement-only policy must explain how they would deal with the 12 million illegal aliens already living in the country. The public reaction to that question appears to be “Why?” Only 29% of voters say it is Very Important for “the government to legalize the status of illegal aliens already in the United States.”
Thirty-eight percent (38%) of Democrats believe that legalization is Very Important. Just 22% of Republicans and 27% of unaffiliated voters share that view.
(Excerpt) Read more at rasmussenreports.com ...
And those 26% are morons!
The message is clear. Secure the borders, then come back with a comprehensive plan that will not provide for amnesty.
Sounds like 26% of the poll was taken in a psychiatric hospital... a Mexican psychiatric hospital for socialist idiots.
That’s just a coincidence that 26% of moslems in America think suicide bombing is justifiable.
Some of those 26% could be illegal or legal aliens.
More Dems oppose it than Republicans. Interesting!
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If after so much blow back the the people then congress proceeds to push this travesty off on the USA then these senators are an example of the height of arrogance.
Probably the 26% are here illegally!
Hmmm, the same number as that of Muslims who favor Suicide Bombings..............
the Demos probably think it is not lenient enough!
Polling to support your previous Hazelton political model.
Are the culprits in that picture with the Swimmer Mel Martinez (the face of the RNC) and Lindsay Graham?
We can try by deporting them - it has never been done, time to start!
Wow.
GREAT NEWS.
Unfortunately, Senators like Kennedy and Specter don't give a damn about the public's reaction.
We need to chage that “26% not sure” to opposed asap!!!
P.S. To Self, we need to get a campaign going in the Black Community (the churches especially) to let them know that they are the BIGGEST LOSERS in this Un-American legislation.
I just faxed that entire report to Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison since she is still unsure how she will vote.
I’ve also sent emails and called the local Austin office. Her DC office line has been nothing but a busy signal for the past few days. I bet she is getting an earful from upset Texans.
yes
Merely rejecting the immigration bill is NOT enough. We've absolutely got to get rid of all illegals.
"The swimmer" is now "el nadador gordo." 
when politicians AGREE with the majority to take a position we don’t like, we sneer that they’re just “following the polls to get re-elected.”
when they DISAGREE with the majority to take a position we DO like, they are “courageous and principled.”
when they DISAGREE with the majority and take a position we don’t like they are “elitist dictators ignoring the will of the people.”
It was done, quite successfully, under Eisenhower.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
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If this poll is accurate and that is a big if, then it means more Democrats understand treason than Republicans do!Say it ain't so. One could construe that to mean the Dem leadership is more out of touch with their voters than Jorge Bush is with his. If the poll is right, it is a wake up call for Pubbies.
By contrast...
This is a very telling report done by Zogby a couple years ago.
[snip]
Americans and Mexicans have widely divergent views of border issues, according to a new poll by Zogby International.
Zogby found that a large majority of the Mexican population believes the southwest territory of the U.S. rightfully belongs to Mexico, and that Mexicans should have the right to enter the U.S. without first obtaining U.S. permission. By contrast, Zogby’s survey of Americans conducted within a few days of the Mexican poll shows a large majority supports reducing immigration levels and wants the military deployed along the border to protect the U.S. from illegal immigration.
Zogby’s poll found that 58 percent of Mexicans agree with the statement, “the territory of the United States’ Southwest rightfully belongs to Mexico.” Only 28 percent disagree, and 14 percent are unsure.
A similar majority, 57 percent, agree with the statement, “Mexicans should have the right to enter the U.S. without U.S. permission,” while 35 percent disagree. Seven percent are unsure.
The survey has a margin of error of 3.5 percent. The Mexico portion of the survey was conducted in Spanish between May 25 and May 26 among 801 adults chosen at random throughout Mexico. The poll was commissioned by Americans for Immigration Control, Inc. (AIC), which advocates increased restrictions on immigration.
Zogby’s survey of American attitudes found wide majorities of Americans also oppose amnesty for illegal aliens. The U.S. portion of the survey was conducted of 1,015 likely voters in the U.S. from May 28 to May 30. It found that 65 percent disagree with the statement, “foreigners residing illegally in the U.S. should be given amnesty.” Just 26 percent of likely voters support amnesty for illegals, while 9 percent are unsure.
A large majority, 58 percent, agree that the U.S. should “admit fewer immigrants each year.” Only 6 percent want “more immigrants each year,” and 30 percent want to “keep immigration at the current annual levels.”
The single largest majority in the entire poll was found among Americans supporting use of the military to guard the border. Fully 68 percent of those surveyed agree with the statement, “the U.S. should deploy military troops on the border as a temporary measure to help the U.S. Border Patrol curb illegal immigration.” Only 28 percent disagree, and 3 percent are unsure.
http://www.immigrationcontrol.com/AIC_Zogby_Mexican_Poll.htm
Every time I look at that picture my first reaction is to wonder who farted. Then, I rethink that and take into consideration who is in the photo and realize they must be talking their constituents. They have to believe we’re a big joke to foist that lump of steaming feculence that is the immigration reform bill upon us.
To the GOP leadership, 26 percent = a majority!
Congress should listen, for a change, to the people and do the peoples work or be recalled in each and every state.
Blacks are complaining. Just ain’t going to hear it on the DBM media.
I suspect LEGAL immigrants are also PO’d.
You aren’t going to see this 20% approval either.
IGNORANT morons = socialists
26% of RESPONDENTS to the phone calls supported the bill.
That may represent a large precentage of illegal invaders.
How can you verify citizenship over a telephone?
If the administration is admitting to 12 million, there may be a lot more than that here.
Congressman Billybob
Yes! The argument “We can’t deport 12 million, it’s impossible” is a straw-man and a canard. We don’t need to deport every single one of them. Seal the border so no more can get in. Then start deporting. Round up the felons, drug addicts, gang members, nut-jobs, and bums first. Then anybody who doesn’t speak English, followed by those with ties to La Raza and other radical organizations. I’m not all that concerned about the rest, and if we shut down the companies that employ them, they’ll leave of their own accord anyway.
Like I’ve said before, they don’t live with the rest of us. They don’t shop at Target or Walmart, they don’t take family trips on our highways, they have drivers and live behind closed walls. They don’t hear Spanish being spoken in all stores or see reckless Mexican drivers. They are not one of us, therefore they have no idea.
There is a lib dem Hispanic woman on the radio here leading a charge against illegal immigration. Went to Washington with a bunch of shoes she collected in an effort with other talk show hosts. legal immigrants and blacks don’t like this either, but the Dems are shoe ins in 08. NOT!
Secure the borders and kick the illegals out, businesses be damned. The citizenry has spoken.
Then we have a precedent! I am sick of being told to “feel sorry” for these people. I had to pay for my son’s braces but I know sombody who got her son braces through Medicaid funding - through my tax dollars!
So where is the major disconnect between politicians and the voters?....we send them to Washington and they forget who put their butt in that comfy barcalounger. I think they just got the wake up call....We put you there, now represent our best interests you idiots!
26% About the percentage of the illegal population in prison. That’s an odd group to poll.
You are very correct. If you walked along Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights, Queens, you would be frightened. I have read that from 25% to 40% of the convicted felons in federal prisons are illegal aliens. Maybe we can’t control our own criminals, but we had damned better do something about the foreign ones! There is already a backlash: I know so many kids who have opted not to study Spanish in high school as a protest.
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