That’s contradictory to every poll I’ve seen. How did they ask the question? Something like, “Do you want Mexicans shot or given a pathway to citizenship?”
FR keyword immigrationpoll
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Americans Back Arizona’s Landmark Immigration Law by More than 2-to-1 Margin (SB1070)
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2878240/posts
GAllup also says the public wants ALL immigration decreased.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/1660/immigration.aspx
I heard someone on The Morning Joe point out that Obama once voted against immigration reform in a bill because it had no ‘path to citizenship’ and that he did this because it is what one of the major unions demanded Dems do.
They said that unions are not all that enthused about immigration reform that adds new legal workers to compete with them, which is exactly why businesses want it, but will go with it as long as the illegals eventually get to vote(as they will vote Dem/lib).
So the R House best move is to do or say nothing about the subject until Reid can get a bill passed through Senate(as with guns and other Obama initiatives), if Reid does get a bill passed get something then Rs offer a ‘compromise’ that is similar to Os EO, no path to citizenship, if Reid fails GOP goes into 2014 rubbing the Dem Senate failure in to a key Dem base(this is EXACTLY how Obama plays Rs against each other) .
And when House Rs do this its important that they say things like “America is built on hard working immigrants and we welcome those immigrants who want to follow our laws, pay their taxes and live the American Dream’ the way O plays it up on TV, and make sure to not pull a Romney 47% comment self shot in head.
Then blame Dems and Obama for ‘making the perfect the enemy of the good’ when it dies again.
There is winning (against O) or there is whining, we need to pick.