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"JP" |
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25 Apr 2006 08:48:30 AM |
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New CNN Poll: "Legalize longtime immigrants, most tell poll" |
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/25/immigration.poll/index.html
Legalize longtime immigrants, most tell poll
Majority also favors proposal to deport more-recent arrivals
Tuesday, April 25, 2006; Posted: 6:02 a.m. EDT (10:02 GMT)
Supporters of rights for illegal immigrants demonstrate Monday outside the
Capitol.
(CNN) -- More than three-quarters of Americans favor allowing illegal
immigrants who have spent many years in the United States to apply for
citizenship, according to a poll conducted for CNN by Opinion Research Corp.
In the poll, released Tuesday, 77 percent of those responding favored
allowing illegal immigrants who have been in United States for more than
five years to stay and apply for citizenship if they have a job, and pay a
fine and back taxes. Twenty percent said they opposed such a measure.
A majority opposed a proposal to allow iIlegal immigrants who have been in
the United States for two to five years to stay on a temporary basis,
without a chance to apply for U.S. citizenship. Fifty-four percent opposed
that measure, and 40 percent favored it.
A proposal to deport illegal immigrants in the United States for less than
two years was favored by 64 percent and opposed by 31 percent.
For the poll, 1,012 adult Americans were interviewed by telephone between
Friday and Sunday; it has a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage
points.
A proposal being considered by the Senate would treat illegal immigrants
differently based on the amount of time they have lived in the United
States.
Earlier this month, senators left for a two-week recess after failing to
agree on legislation to increase border security, create a guest-worker
program and develop a legalization process.
Proponents of the latter called the system "earned citizenship," while
opponents decried it as "amnesty."
With lawmakers returning to work Monday, President Bush reiterated his
support for immigration legislation that would include a temporary
guest-worker program. (Full story)
Bush called the proposal that bogged down in the Senate an "important
compromise" and blamed the failure to pass it on "needless politics." That
proposal was based on legislation proposed by Sen. John McCain, an Arizona
Republican, and Sen. Edward Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat.
Minority Leader Harry Reid said Monday, "The Senate can move forward on
immigration if President Bush and the majority leader will stand up to those
Republicans who are filibustering."
A Republican leadership aide said last week that Majority Leader Bill Frist
will bring immigration legislation back to the Senate floor by Memorial Day.
(Full story)
The issue presents a delicate balancing act for Bush. His guest-worker
program has support in the business community, and he has courted Latino
support. But he also must deal with an outspoken segment of his conservative
base demanding tougher restrictions on illegal immigration.
Republicans have been divided over the worker program and the legalization
process.
Bush said Monday that the best way to enforce border security "besides
making sure it's modern and we've got manpower and equipment down there ...
is to come up with a rational plan that recognizes people coming here to
work, and lets them do so on a temporary basis."
The poll found opinions divided on a worker program that would allow people
from other countries to stay in the United States for several months but
require them to leave when that time was up, without a chance to apply for
citizenship. That was favored by 47 percent and opposed by 45 percent.
Any immigration legislation the Senate passes would have to be reconciled
with a plan passed by the House in December. The House version includes
neither a guest-worker program nor a legalization process.
The House bill, which helped spark weeks of protests nationwide by
supporters of illegal immigrants, included provisions to build 700 miles of
fence along the border with Mexico and to make entering the country
illegally a felony.
In the poll, Americans were split evenly over the fence proposal, with 47
percent favoring the idea and the same percentage opposing it.
A majority -- 56 percent -- opposed making illegal immigration a felony,
while 39 percent favored it.
After Congress started its recess, the top Republicans in both the House and
Senate indicated they would not support the felony provision. (Full story)
In the poll, 68 percent of those responding said they favored increasing
penalties for employers who hire illegal immigrants, while 27 percent were
opposed.
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| Title: Re: New CNN Poll: "Legalize longtime immigrants, most tell poll" |
25 Apr 2006 09:06:51 AM |
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These canned newspaper stories begin to sound like a stuck phonograph
record. If you read the poll, it states that the majority of the
people who responded to the poll favor allowing illegal aliens to apply
for citizenship -- NOT that the majority favor giving them citizenship.
There's a huge and significant difference. But the media needs to
create a false sense that there is broad public support for the already
determined amnesty program. The President has had 6 years to improve
border security -- so his talk about "we need to improve border
security" rings false and hollow, IMO.
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| User: "Ken" |
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| Title: Re: New CNN Poll: "Legalize longtime immigrants, most tell poll" |
25 Apr 2006 11:26:17 AM |
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Yeah Right..And in 10 more years we'll have another 11 million of them
pests
Those SOB's sure didn't ask me for my opinion!
I say: Don't just build a friggin wall, but dig a moat and fill it with
gators and hungry sharks (NO Not attorneys)
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