80% of Americans oppose amnesty.
But nearly that same percentage support a path to earned citizenship. I would say the typical American is a little psychoid on illegal immigration issues.
If after conference, the House gets more enforcement added to the final bill, elimination of the Social Security contribution on illegal earnings but the Senate is able to retain a path to earned citizenship for those who are currently here the Republicans would be foolish to let the entire bill die. Democrat challengers will rightly attack their Republican imcumbents as weak on border enforcement and they would be right. Enhanced border security with earned citizenship approved by congress is clearly a hell of a lot more border security than you get with no bill...unless you think an additional 6000 National Guardsmen pushing paper, providing intel, and building roads is going to have a real impact when the number of border guards has already been increased that and the number of illegals making it across the border has increased.
If you say wait until next year and get a perfect bill, consider the fact that if there is no bill this year, the House will probably go to the Democrats and any new bill will likely have even less fence and other enforcement provisions.
80% of Americans oppose amnesty.
Yes, this is true, and that is why it will be defeated.
You see, in America now the minority rules.
In Kentucky one Muslim student stopped prayer in graduation
ceremonies.