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Most Americans favor letting illegal immigrants become citizens, poll finds (criminals excluded)
LA Times ^ | 6/12/07 | Janet Hook

Posted on 06/12/2007 4:54:57 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

A strong majority of Americans — including nearly two-thirds of Republicans — favors allowing illegal immigrants to become citizens if they pay fines, learn English and meet other requirements, a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll has found.

That is a striking show of support for the central tenet of legislation that has stalled in the Senate amid vocal opposition from conservatives to provisions allowing such a path to citizenship.

Only 23% of adults surveyed opposed allowing immigrants to become legal. That bolsters the view, shared by President Bush, that the bill's opponents represent a vocal minority, whereas most people are more welcoming toward illegal immigrants.

"They are willing to take jobs that our people aren't interested in, and I think this helps the economy," Joseph Simpkins, a retired dry cleaner in New Jersey who participated in the survey, said in a follow-up interview. "As long as they pay taxes, I see nothing wrong with having them become citizens

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The survey question specified that, under the proposal, citizenship would be available only to those who register their presence in the U.S., have no criminal record, pay a fine, get fingerprinted and learn English, among other requirements.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: 4thestate5thcolumn; bias; crimaliens; enemdia; enemedia; identitytheft; idtheft; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; immigration; latimes; mediabias; msm; propaganda; subversion; yeahright
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To: BurbankKarl

What makes the L.A. Slimes believe that illegals are even remotely interested in becoming citizens?

They come here to make triple or quadruple what they were making back home. They want to work, send money home, save a bunch up, and go home after a few years of leeching off our system, and live an upper-middle class lifestyle.

That’s why they have zero desire to learn English or assimilate; it’s also why they won’t want to pay fines and jump through all the hoops of the bill. As long as there’s no real border security and no real employer enforcement, there is no incentive for illegals to change their standard operating procedure.


21 posted on 06/12/2007 5:10:01 PM PDT by Choose Ye This Day (If you don't have borders, you don't have a nation.)
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To: BurbankKarl
They are willing to take jobs that our people aren't interested in, and I think this helps the economy

They only take those jobs because they are willing to work for peanuts to avoid being turned in to ICE. Make them legal and they will demand better wages or will move on to jobs that Americans ARE willing to do.
22 posted on 06/12/2007 5:10:28 PM PDT by LetsRok
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To: BurbankKarl
A strong majority of Americans — including nearly two-thirds of Republicans — favors allowing illegal immigrants to become citizens if they pay fines, learn English and meet other requirements,

I think the "strong majority" is made of of people named Jose, Maria, Pablo, Miguel, etc. I am very skeptical that most Americans want the mobs of illegals here! They want the laws enforced and the illegals deported!

23 posted on 06/12/2007 5:10:59 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Senor el Presidente Jorge Bush: Build-o el Fence-o - NOW!)
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To: BurbankKarl

LA Times? They wouldn’t be biased, would they? Nahhhhhh.


24 posted on 06/12/2007 5:11:16 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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To: BurbankKarl

I wonder if most Americans favor this ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCqBezI2uL4&mode=related&search=


25 posted on 06/12/2007 5:11:30 PM PDT by Neu Pragmatist (No bill is better than a bill legalizing 12 to 20 million new Dims ......)
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To: BurbankKarl

BS - 1. They all broke the law coming here in the first place.

2. If passed all it does is set up the next wave of illegals and the next and the next.

I favor the Eisenhower option.

Back in the 60’s and 70’s I lived and worked in multiple countries in Asia, the ME and Europe - the thought of even overstaying my visas never entered my mind.


26 posted on 06/12/2007 5:11:40 PM PDT by Bobibutu
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To: BurbankKarl

How many illegal aliens were in the sample?


27 posted on 06/12/2007 5:12:29 PM PDT by AFreeBird (Will NOT vote for Rudy. <--- notice the period)
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To: BurbankKarl

This American says seal the border first, once done, then we can talk about the rest.

Last polls I saw was 72-76 against the Senate bill. 80%+ want the border secure first.

But I guess if you ran the same poll in LA, this is what you would expect.


28 posted on 06/12/2007 5:13:35 PM PDT by Tarpon
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To: BurbankKarl

Broken Federal Immigration laws, broken Federal Employment laws, committed fraud in securing work illegally.

By definition, any illegal alien living and working in this country is a criminal.


29 posted on 06/12/2007 5:13:48 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: BurbankKarl

I don’t believe this poll. Consider the source.


30 posted on 06/12/2007 5:18:38 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man
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To: VR-21

And I did a poll in Mexico, and 91.5% of those polled said you can keep those Mexicans.


31 posted on 06/12/2007 5:23:41 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: Choose Ye This Day

You’re correct!

But you forgot one thing: If they become legal, and employers have to start paying for all the things legal employees require, ( like workers comp insurance, 15% FICA, etc. ) they have lost their attractiveness to the employer.

The employer will then go looking for someone else to work “off the books”.

I think the whole premise that this will get them to “come out of the shadows” is false.


32 posted on 06/12/2007 5:25:36 PM PDT by EEDUDE (The more I know, the less I understand...)
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To: BurbankKarl
LA Times? Is this the only poll Bush saw? LOL.

sw

33 posted on 06/12/2007 5:27:12 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife (Pray for Our Nation)
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To: BurbankKarl

“The survey question specified that, under the proposal, citizenship would be available only to those who register their presence in the U.S., have no criminal record, pay a fine, get fingerprinted and learn English, among other requirements.”

They have no idea who the hell these people are let alone if they’re felons. Where? Mexico? What a joke.


34 posted on 06/12/2007 5:30:51 PM PDT by headstamp (Nothing lasts forever, Unless it does.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

what i really want to know is how many faxes,eMails,letters and phone calls have been received to-date—stating -no— to this shamnesty plan.


35 posted on 06/12/2007 5:32:46 PM PDT by catroina54
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To: BurbankKarl

Horsefeathers. I ain’t buyin’ it, no matter how hard they try and sell this pig in a poke.


36 posted on 06/12/2007 5:33:04 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: BurbankKarl

A LA Weekly columnist outed the LA Times for running doctored /phony polls during the Davis recall and Arnold election. So , LA Times knows only how to generate phony polls.


37 posted on 06/12/2007 5:38:32 PM PDT by BurtSB (the price of freedom is eternal vigilance)
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To: BurbankKarl

Figures never lie, but liars manufacture polls.


38 posted on 06/12/2007 5:39:50 PM PDT by Samwise (Official Fred Head.)
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To: BurbankKarl

Here’s a poll for you: The latest poll shows that 76% of Americans OPPOSE this Immigration Amnesty bill, therefore obviously crossing party, gender, racial, etc. lines ...


39 posted on 06/12/2007 5:43:15 PM PDT by Babu
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To: Unicorn

ya think?


40 posted on 06/12/2007 5:45:10 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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