Poll: Immigration High on List of Concerns

[leftchick]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060409/ap_on_re_us/top_problems_ap_poll_4

WASHINGTON - People are now about as likely to mention immigration as the economy when they are asked to name the most important problem facing the United States, though both rank behind war in Iraq and elsewhere, an AP-Ipsos poll found.

Immigration's rise in the latest survey about the nation's top problems suggests the public is keeping close watch on the immigration debate in Congress and reaction around the country.

"Nobody is happy about the war, but the war is far away — the immigration issue is right here," said Dagmar Washington, a nurse from the Atlanta suburbs.

Efforts in the Senate to pass sweeping immigration legislation faltered Friday, leaving in doubt the prospects for passage of a measure that offered the hope of citizenship to millions of men, women and children living in the United States illegally.

The rise in public concern about immigration over the last three months has been substantial.



I believe the RW media blitz regarding immigration has been a resounding success.... :

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1. I smell red herring (n/t)

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2. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2216741

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