Majority of Americans oppose illegals

[Krist]

http://www.numbersusa.com/interests/publicop.html

Almost all Americans (eighty-seven percent) say they are concerned illegals will overburden government services, including 61 percent that are "very" concerned and another 26 percent that are "somewhat" concerned.
Opinion Dynamics Poll for FOX News, April 4-5, 2006

Almost all Americans (ninety percent) say illegal immigration is a "very" serious (sixty percent) or "somewhat" serious (thirty percent) problem for the country today — essentially unchanged from a year ago this time.
Opinion Dynamics Poll for FOX News, April 4-5, 2006

The majority of Republicans (sixty-five percent) and Democrats (fifty-eight percent) say illegal immigration is a "very" serious problem.
Opinion Dynamics Poll for FOX News, April 4-5, 2006

Eighty-two percent say that the United States is not doing enough to keep illegals from entering this country.
Time Magazine/SRBI Survey, March 29-30, 2006

Sixty-one percent say they are "very concerned" that illegal aliens cost taxpayers too much money to provide them with services.
Time Magazine/SRBI Survey, March 29-30, 2006

Sixty-two percent of Americans polled said they want their own congressional representative to support more restrictive policies governing immigration.
Zogby Poll, released March 19, 2006 / conducted February 3-7, 2006

Fifty-seven percent of American voters polled say illegal immigration into the U.S. is a "very serious problem."
Quinnipiac University National Poll, February 21-28, 2006

Eighty-three percent of American immigrant voters, or the children or grandchildren of immigrants, say illegal immigration is a serious problem.
Quinnipiac University National Poll, February 21-28, 2006

Sixty-two percent of American voters are opposed to making it easier for illegal immigrants to become citizens, with immigrant families opposed fifty-six percent.
Quinnipiac University National Poll, February 21-28, 2006

Seventy-three percent of Californians say they are concerned to some degree about illegal immigration, with forty-three percent being "extremely concerned."
Field Poll, February 12-26 2006

Fifty-seven percent of California voters say illegal immigration is having a negative effect on the state.
Field Poll, February 12-26 2006

Sixty percent of Americans polled say there are already too many people in the U.S. without adding illegal aliens.
Time Magazine/SRBI Survey, January 24-26, 2006

Eighty-nine percent of Americans polled say illegal immigration into the U.S. is a problem.
Time Magazine/SRBI Survey, January 24-26, 2006

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Rasmussen:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/April%20Dailies/Immigration%20April%207.htm

54% oppose the current U.S. law that grants automatic citizenship to children of illegal aliens born in the United States.

46% of Americans said that they prefer the candidate with the harder line on illegal aliens while 38% opt for the candidate who wants to expand legal opportunities for foreign workers to find jobs.


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Gallop:

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20060411-115927-4983r.htm

81 percent of Americans say illegal immigration is "out of control,"

61 percent say the government should make illegal immigration a crime.

52 percent of the respondents also think the government should make it a crime for U.S. citizens to help people who they know are in the country illegally.

89 percent want foreign-born, aspiring citizens to have a job.

84 percent say they must speak English.

83 percent say they must pass a health screening test

81 percent say they must pay past federal income taxes

67 percent favor a five-year residency requirement.

56 percent say illegal aliens should pay a fine for entering the United States on the sly.

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Zogby :

52 percent say there should be no form of amnesty for illegals.

61 percent say they are now "less likely to be sympathetic as a result of the protests."

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Not very surprising at all.

[BlooInBloo]

1. Not surprising. Americans are dumb, as an aggregate...

They're easily led to "believe" whatever the corporate media and the administration want them to believe.

[Krist]

8. Yes, they are..

Indeed.. for bearing with illegals and doing things for them that no other country in this world would ever do, they are indeed dumb and stupid.

[WI_DEM]

19. I agree

I work in a hospital and we offer a great deal of free care to illegal aliens--I'm glad we do it because they are here and they need it. We as a country do a great deal for illegal aliens.

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[USAcitizen]

3. You just can't get rid of them

The undocumented Hispanics who are here are just going to be here. No legislation is going to send them back to Mexico.

If Americans are so concerned about the borders, then money needs to be spent to set up some type of organized entry from the southern border into the U.S. But if we continue to deny entry, then they will continue to find a way to sneak in.

[Krist]

12. Fencing is the answer

[derby378]

26. We don't need our own version of the Berlin Wall

We order Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall, and then we start putting up one of our own? No, thank you.

[Bridget Burke]

30. Isn't Fencing kind of old fashioned?

[democrat_patriot]

4. This is why it's an "issue" right now.

The only thing that may save the repubs. As Dems march with the illegals, Repugs can once again paint them into a corner.

I can see it now:
"Dems support illegal immigrants, they want our borders open, allowing terrorists to kill us, and illegals to overburden our public assistance programs - which they will raise taxes to support".

[Krist]

Exactly

Dems are pinning themselves into a corner, by endorsing extreme left's stance on this issue.

[EFerrari]

7. If human rights have become the property of the "extreme left

we're in worse shape than even I thought.

[democrat_patriot]

22. They won't be framed in terms of 'human rights'

They will be: Dems support ILLEGAL immigration. Which according to the poll 86% of people oppose.

It won't matter that they're wrong. It won't mater that they manipulate the moderate approaches we've come up with.

Do you not remember the swiftboat ads?

I think it was a bad political move for Kennedt et al. to make a speech at a rally that supported illegal immigration. This WILL bite us in the ass, hopefully not enough to make a difference.

[EFerrari]

23. Do you not remember that no matter what position Dem leaders

take up, they are personally attacked?

Do you not remember the swiftboat ads? What "leftist" position did John Kerry take up to draw those?

Thank God we still have real statemen like Ted Kennedy who have the balls to stand up for the working poor in this country.

[Bridget Burke]

11. Please name some more "extreme left" stances....

(Are they like the Loony Left?)

Which Democrats have proposed opening all the Borders? Mostly, I've heard moderate ways of dealing with immigration.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

14. Durn "extreme leftists"! How dare they care about people!!

Why I bet some them even stood up for the (commie) civil rights movement.

[QC]

6. Yep, I can see the ads already.

They'll be running 24/7 from Spetember until the election. Ted Kennedy's speech and the Mexican flag will figure prominently. I hate to be cynical, but I've been watching Republicans in action for a long time.

[Coastie for Truth]

5. Three of my four grandparents were "illegals" from Czarist Russia

and "birth right citizenship" is also under attack.

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That was a cheer my HS chess team used to use

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[Bridget Burke]

9. No, "not very surprising at all"...from Numbers USA.

The organization favors extremely limited immigration of all kinds. It wants zero population growth--but only in the USA. Let's just ignore the rest of the world--perhaps all those folks will just disappear.

So--they cherry-picked some poll results that support their beliefs. Lots of them from Fox, I see.

A nice, polite facade. But the same old story: http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1528

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

10. The Repuglies have a knack for tapping into bigotry and racism.

But, it's good to see the people on the streets fighting back.

[Krist]

13. Racism argument again...sheesh

Arent you guys ever tired of playing cry-baby wussies ?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

16. The RW are the ones playing the wussies in this battle.

The anti-racists are in the streets while you guys are inventing new bogeymen to tremble at.

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[EFerrari]

21. Do you know anything about the history of the Republican party?

Or, is reading only for "cry-baby wussies"?

[EFerrari]

28. Yes -- Gay marriage, Black voters, Mexican invasion,

I see a pattern.

[High Plains]

15. I suspect the dislike of "illegal" immigrants is broad but shallow

Although if the media keep hammering on the issue I bet we can get a sizeable percentage of poll respondents to say that it is the nation's number one problem.

[EFerrari]

25. Yep. I bet you are right. n/t

[LSK]

18. can we stop playing this game???

This issue is being put forth by Rove. Can we stop playing into his hands?

[High Plains]

20. 82% of Americans would prefer their lettuce not cost $8 a head

Okay, okay, I'm making it up.

89% would rather pay $7.95 for a cheap restaurant meal than $11.95.

91% would hire the cheaper landscaping contractor.

86% would rather pay $250,000 for their new home than $350,000.

95% want to have their cake and eat it, too.

36% couldn't find Mexico on a map of North America.

[EFerrari]

24. 32% couldn't find the Earth on a globe. n/t

[La Lioness Priyanka]

27. majority of anericans live in fear of everything

... terroritst.illegals.9/11.avian flu.gay marriage. womens rights....

majority of anericans also approved of bush for a long time...

[EFerrari]

29. How do we know? I mean, really, how do we know what

Americans approve of? Polls commissioned by Fox? Elections called by Fox?

:shrug:

[Bridget Burke]

31. And these "cherry picked" results come from an organization....

That favors severe limits on ALL immigration. They want Zero Population Growth. But--rather than look to the world, they want the USA to become a Gated Community.

[EFerrari]

32. When that wall goes up, I only hope I'm on the right side.

:rofl: