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Majority of U.S. citizens say illegal immigrants should be deported
(Reuters) - More than half of U.S. citizens believe that most or all of the country's 11 million illegal immigrants should be deported, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday that highlights the difficulties facing lawmakers trying to reform the U.S. immigration system.
The online survey shows resistance to easing immigration laws despite the biggest push for reform in Congress since 2007.
Thirty percent of those polled think that most illegal immigrants, with some exceptions, should be deported, while 23 percent believe all illegal immigrants should be deported.
Only 5 percent believe all illegal immigrants should be allowed to stay in the United States legally, and 31 percent want most illegal immigrants to stay.
These results are in line with other polls in recent years, suggesting that people's views on immigration have not changed dramatically since the immigration debate reignited in Congress last month, according to Ipsos pollster Julia Clark.
"It's not Americans' views that are shifting. It is that the political climate is ripe for this discussion," after the November election when Hispanics voted overwhelmingly in favor of Democratic President Barack Obama, she said.
"Democrats feel that the time is right to capitalize on their wins and Republicans feel that they had a bad blow and are eager to reach out to Hispanics," she added.
Polls show that most Americans back immigration reform, although they often have different ideas of what that means, with some people favoring looser immigration laws while others want to see greater border security.
A group of eight U.S. senators are working on a bipartisan deal to enact immigration reform, the first major attempt since a similar overhaul died in Congress six years ago.
The senators' proposal calls for a full path to citizenship for illegal immigrants once they pay back taxes and a fine and wait in line behind others applying to become Americans.
A plan by Obama has similar provisions, but the senators want any move to relax immigration laws dependant on boosting security on the southern border.
ISSUE POLARIZES POLICYMAKERS
Attitudes toward immigration are polarized by party, according to another the Reuters/Ipsos poll. Seventy-five percent of Republicans think all or most immigrants should be deported, compared to 40 percent of Democrats who think the same.
Republican Senator John McCain, one of the eight senators in the group, had his own encounter with citizens angered by illegal immigration on Tuesday when residents of his state of Arizona complained bitterly at a town hall meeting about the lack of security on the border with Mexico.
One man asked why troops had not been deployed to the border.
"Why didn't the army go down there and stop them? Because the only thing that stops them I'm afraid to say, and it's too damn bad, is a gun," the man said,
Another resident, Keith Smith, got into a testy exchange with McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential candidate whose views on immigration have fluctuated over the years.
"Cut off their welfare and all their stuff and they'll go back," Smith said, referring to undocumented workers.
McCain had been trying to explain his position: "You're not telling these people the truth. They mow our lawns, they care for our babies, they clean . . . that's what those people do," he said.
The Arizona lawmaker, whose position on immigration hardened during the 2010 midterm elections before softening again, is a key part of the Republican side of the senators' bipartisan immigration effort.
Wednesday's Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted Friday through Tuesday and surveyed 1,443 Americans over the age of 18.
The precision of the Reuters/Ipsos online poll is measured using a credibility interval. In this survey, the poll has a credibility interval of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.
SOURCE: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/21/us-usa-immigration-idUSBRE91K01A20130221
The online survey shows resistance to easing immigration laws despite the biggest push for reform in Congress since 2007.
Thirty percent of those polled think that most illegal immigrants, with some exceptions, should be deported, while 23 percent believe all illegal immigrants should be deported.
Only 5 percent believe all illegal immigrants should be allowed to stay in the United States legally, and 31 percent want most illegal immigrants to stay.
These results are in line with other polls in recent years, suggesting that people's views on immigration have not changed dramatically since the immigration debate reignited in Congress last month, according to Ipsos pollster Julia Clark.
"It's not Americans' views that are shifting. It is that the political climate is ripe for this discussion," after the November election when Hispanics voted overwhelmingly in favor of Democratic President Barack Obama, she said.
"Democrats feel that the time is right to capitalize on their wins and Republicans feel that they had a bad blow and are eager to reach out to Hispanics," she added.
Polls show that most Americans back immigration reform, although they often have different ideas of what that means, with some people favoring looser immigration laws while others want to see greater border security.
A group of eight U.S. senators are working on a bipartisan deal to enact immigration reform, the first major attempt since a similar overhaul died in Congress six years ago.
The senators' proposal calls for a full path to citizenship for illegal immigrants once they pay back taxes and a fine and wait in line behind others applying to become Americans.
A plan by Obama has similar provisions, but the senators want any move to relax immigration laws dependant on boosting security on the southern border.
ISSUE POLARIZES POLICYMAKERS
Attitudes toward immigration are polarized by party, according to another the Reuters/Ipsos poll. Seventy-five percent of Republicans think all or most immigrants should be deported, compared to 40 percent of Democrats who think the same.
Republican Senator John McCain, one of the eight senators in the group, had his own encounter with citizens angered by illegal immigration on Tuesday when residents of his state of Arizona complained bitterly at a town hall meeting about the lack of security on the border with Mexico.
One man asked why troops had not been deployed to the border.
"Why didn't the army go down there and stop them? Because the only thing that stops them I'm afraid to say, and it's too damn bad, is a gun," the man said,
Another resident, Keith Smith, got into a testy exchange with McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential candidate whose views on immigration have fluctuated over the years.
"Cut off their welfare and all their stuff and they'll go back," Smith said, referring to undocumented workers.
McCain had been trying to explain his position: "You're not telling these people the truth. They mow our lawns, they care for our babies, they clean . . . that's what those people do," he said.
The Arizona lawmaker, whose position on immigration hardened during the 2010 midterm elections before softening again, is a key part of the Republican side of the senators' bipartisan immigration effort.
Wednesday's Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted Friday through Tuesday and surveyed 1,443 Americans over the age of 18.
The precision of the Reuters/Ipsos online poll is measured using a credibility interval. In this survey, the poll has a credibility interval of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.
SOURCE: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/21/us-usa-immigration-idUSBRE91K01A20130221
" Paying workers less than minimum wage is illegal. "
not trying to be a smart a$$ but it seems kind of ironic when you think about it " paying illegal workers less then minimum wage is illegal "
not trying to be a smart a$$ but it seems kind of ironic when you think about it " paying illegal workers less then minimum wage is illegal "
Paying workers less than minimum wage is illegal.
We won't have to worry about amnesty. With this sequestration and all of the looming cuts, boarder security is one of the first things to be slashed. So we went from being proud of the President for doing the most in recent history regarding immigration (more people deported) to simply getting ready to open the gates. That is brilliant. Do all of that work, and just dump it near the outhouse....
Close the borders send them all back where they came from?Who is going to do the unskilled labor you and you and you won't do even if faced with unemployment.?I did it when I was younger rather than face unemployment.It was very hard then.The sound of ladders and singing up and down the rows every morning.I asked them one time how you be so happy and singing to do this hard work."Because we are happy to be able to work!"Would most Americans be happy to work weighed down with a picking sack that weighs more than you wife?Nope.
Hold a Lottery twice a year and give them hope of being here legally.Come up with some other solutions.It can be done.What's the alternative?Bombing and booby-trapping the whole border?We are more intelligent than to just close the borders ,send them back right?
Hold a Lottery twice a year and give them hope of being here legally.Come up with some other solutions.It can be done.What's the alternative?Bombing and booby-trapping the whole border?We are more intelligent than to just close the borders ,send them back right?
Here in Washington state fruit harvest workers ARE paid minimum wage!!!Get your facts!
"Amnesty for those who've been here a specific period of time and put down roots at this point."
I don't think total amnesty should be an option for anyone who entered the country illegally. A path to citizenship? Maybe, under certain circumstances.......
Amnesty lets them off scott free for breaking our laws; does anyone think for one minute that if I crossed illegally into Mexico, I'd get any kind of amnesty? No, I wouldn't....... Does anyone think I could go to Mexico and insist that everyone learn my language? If so, think again..Insist on flying an American flag? Nope, won't happen. Does anyone think I could go to Mexico and get free health care? Nope, not happening..
There are a lot of illegal aliens who have come into this country illegally; they need to pay fines for their crimes, get proper documentation in order to keep jobs, then go to the end of the line to become citizens. Why should people trying to become citizens "the right way" have to take a back seat to those who came here illegally? Allowing illegals amnesty only encourages more illegals......
I don't think total amnesty should be an option for anyone who entered the country illegally. A path to citizenship? Maybe, under certain circumstances.......
Amnesty lets them off scott free for breaking our laws; does anyone think for one minute that if I crossed illegally into Mexico, I'd get any kind of amnesty? No, I wouldn't....... Does anyone think I could go to Mexico and insist that everyone learn my language? If so, think again..Insist on flying an American flag? Nope, won't happen. Does anyone think I could go to Mexico and get free health care? Nope, not happening..
There are a lot of illegal aliens who have come into this country illegally; they need to pay fines for their crimes, get proper documentation in order to keep jobs, then go to the end of the line to become citizens. Why should people trying to become citizens "the right way" have to take a back seat to those who came here illegally? Allowing illegals amnesty only encourages more illegals......
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