Easter Week Miracle
Just when I think I’ve seen it all, I read an article that tells me otherwise. This time, it’s a Time poll. Here’s the findings:
Americans support building a security fence along the entire 2,000 mile U.S.- Mexican border by a landslide, a new Time magazine poll has found. By a margin of 56 to 40 percent, respondents said they want the wall built from sea to shining sea, not just the 700 miles stipulated in the House plan, a proposal the press calls “draconian.”
In more evidence that the American people want a tougher crackdown on illegal immigration than anything favored by Congress or the media, 62 percent told Time that they favored using the military to guard the border. Just 35 percent opposed. But the poll’s biggest shocker may be on the question of deporting illegals back to their native country, an option that politicians and the press say is out of the question.
Time found, however, that 47 percent of those surveyed actually favor deporting “all illegal immigrants,” and 49 percent were opposed. Most, 51 percent, said the U.S. would be “better of” if all illegals were deported and the border sealed to prevent any more from coming in. Just 38 percent disagreed. A full 75 percent say illegals should be denied government supplied health care and food stamps, with 21 percent saying they should get those benefits. A majority, 69 percent, say illegals shouldn’t be allowed to get U.S. drivers licenses.
In other words, a sizeable majority of Americans agree with the House version of immigration reform more than with the Senate’s disastrous legislation.
I hope our Senate ‘leadership’ is listening.
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Cross-post at LetFreedomRingBlog
April 10th, 2006 at 11:15 am
I think all they listen to is polling data and nervously so as mid-term elections loom on the horizon. They seem to be worried about the latino vote.
April 10th, 2006 at 11:26 am
the valid immigration issues will not be addressed until the national security issues along the U.S. border are addressed. This is what Congressman Boehner stopped the current Immigration Bill with, Border Control Must Improve, Boehner Says national security.
The security situation can never improve as long as the drug prohibition “creates chaos and instability” on the border and in the world.
Please see my essay: U.S. border security? “Creating chaos and instability”
Snd: U.S. creating super stateless terrorist armies
April 10th, 2006 at 1:11 pm
There is nothing wrong with biorder security that thousands of anti-personnel land mines can not fix.