Poll: Public Wants Illegals to Go Home

[peejay 327]

Poll: Public Wants Illegals to Go Home

Public Prefers Enforcement, Not Senate Legalization Approach

WASHINGTON - New polling shows a strong preference for enforcing U.S. Immigration laws that cause illegal aliens to go home. Advocacy groups and even some media outlets have released surveys showing support for legalizing illegals. However, those polls often gave voters a very limited choice between large-scale deportations or "earned legalization," or simply asked about conditional legalization without any alternative. When given the across-the-board enforcement option, with the goal of causing illegals to go home, the public strongly favors the enforcement approach over legalization with conditions.

Contrary to the new Senate bill, most Americans want less and not more immigration. When told the number of immigrants here and the number coming, 70 percent of voters said the level is too high, 19 percent said it is about right, and 5 percent said too low.

75% of Republicans said immigration is too high, 5% said too low.

69% of Democrats said immigration is too high, 6% said too low.

71% of self described moderates said immigration is too high, 4% said too low.

Public prefers that illegals go home, rather than be legalized. 58 percent of voters said they wanted illegals to go home, compared to 30 percent who favored legalization. The public still overwhelmingly supported enforcement over legalization even when many conditions are imposed on illegals like paying a fine, learning English and undergoing a background check.

Americans support enforcement to make illegals go home. When presented by itself, 79 percent of the public said they supported reducing the illegal immigrant population by increasing border enforcement, penalizing employers, and increasing cooperation with local law enforcement, while 15 percent were opposed. No other proposal had near this level of support.

"Many polls give only the false choice of legalization or mass deportations. Some even give legalization as an option in isolation without other alternatives. But when given across-the-board enforcement that causes illegals to go home as an option, the public overwhelmingly supports it rather than legalization with conditions," said Jessica Echard, Executive Director of Eagle Forum. "This poll shows why Senators who support the Kennedy-Kyl amnesty are facing such a firestorm of opposition from constituents."

This National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC on May 15, 2007. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

Pulse Opinion Research, LLC is an independent public opinion research firm using automated polling methodology and procedures licensed from Rasmussen Reports, LLC.

http://www.eagleforum.org/alert/2007/05-22-07.html

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ACTUAL POLL SUMMARY AND DETAILED POLL RESULTS ARE AT THE LINK ABOVE

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Rasmussen Reports have an interesting way in which they frame the questions they are polling...

On the Rasmussen surveys, respondents choose between four categories: strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove and strongly disapprove. On all of the other conventional surveys -- including the one listed above that later probe for how strongly respondents approve -- respondents initially choose between just two categories: approve and disapprove.** They will only hear the intensity follow-up (strong or somewhat) after answering the first part of the question.

So except for the pollsters (Harris and Zogby) that use entirely different answer categories (excellent, good, fair or poor), Rasmussen is the only national pollster I am aware of that presents an initial choice involving more than "approve" or "disapprove." As Rasmussen argues, the consistently higher percentage he gets for the Bush job approval rating may well be an artifact of the way he asks the question. If so, the difference in the graph above may be due to what pollsters call "measurement error."

http://www.mysterypollster.com/main/2006/0...ssen_updat.html

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Most illegals don't undergo a medical exam or background check. That's scary.

[Addie_Goodvibes 0]

only 26% of Americans favor any kind of Amnesty Bill or guest worker program

thats lower than Bush's Approval rating

[eric&gen 0]

That would be nice if the illegals go back home and never come back for good lol.

[GaryC 7]

Rasmussen Reports have an interesting way in which they frame the questions they are polling...

On the Rasmussen surveys, respondents choose between four categories: strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove and strongly disapprove. On all of the other conventional surveys -- including the one listed above that later probe for how strongly respondents approve -- respondents initially choose between just two categories: approve and disapprove.** They will only hear the intensity follow-up (strong or somewhat) after answering the first part of the question.

So except for the pollsters (Harris and Zogby) that use entirely different answer categories (excellent, good, fair or poor), Rasmussen is the only national pollster I am aware of that presents an initial choice involving more than "approve" or "disapprove." As Rasmussen argues, the consistently higher percentage he gets for the Bush job approval rating may well be an artifact of the way he asks the question. If so, the difference in the graph above may be due to what pollsters call "measurement error."

http://www.mysterypollster.com/main/2006/0...ssen_updat.html

Regardless of how the question is framed it is obvious that a large majority want the illegals to leave. Face it Steven, you can't rationaliaze your position. You are in a small minority. The American peoples position is clear. The illegals should go home, no amnesty and the border should be secured.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

thats lower than Bush's Approval rating

lower than Bush's approval rating? I didn't think that was possible...

[GaryC 7]

thats lower than Bush's Approval rating

lower than Bush's approval rating? I didn't think that was possible...

Bush's approval rating is better than congress's right now.

Gallup: Democratically Controlled Congress' Approval Rating is Lower than Bush's

According to a new Gallup poll, Congress' approval rating is 29%. President Bush's approval rating although pretty dismal as well, is nonetheless higher at 33%:

http://wizbangblog.com/2007/05/15/gallup-d...-than-bushs.php

[metta 0]

That would be nice if the illegals go back home and never come back for good lol.

At the same time,, we want our fresh produce at the grocery cheap

[JoeMama 0]

Most illegals don't undergo a medical exam or background check. That's scary.

Some contagious diseases are on their way back like whooping cough, etc. Luckily, SARS didn't start from down south. Who knows what could walk across the border and cause an epidemic that we may not be prepared for?! All the more reason why people should not be supporting or condoning illegal aliens making their way inside the US border! If an untreatable epidemic does orginate from down south, is brought here, and US citizens are infected, could you imagine what the recourse would be against illegals? I imagine the recourse will not be pretty!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

thats lower than Bush's Approval rating

lower than Bush's approval rating? I didn't think that was possible...

Bush's approval rating is better than congress's right now.

Gallup: Democratically Controlled Congress' Approval Rating is Lower than Bush's

According to a new Gallup poll, Congress' approval rating is 29%. President Bush's approval rating although pretty dismal as well, is nonetheless higher at 33%:

http://wizbangblog.com/2007/05/15/gallup-d...-than-bushs.php

No wonder. The Congress still hasn't developed the spine to impeach the crooks at 1600 Penn Ave. Now they faltered on the war spending bill. I am quite disappointed with the Dems as well.

[peejay 327]

I saw Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY) interviewed on CNN Lou Dobbs Tonight yesterday and Lou asked him the response his office has had to this blanket amnesty legislation (S.1348) from his constituents. He stated that he had roughly 100 responses in favor of amnesty from a heavily Catholic district in his state, but more than 2000 of his constituents responding to his office opposed giving amnesty to illegal aliens.

Sounds like most of Kentucky thinks Teddy Kennedy is full of bullshit. Both of my senators in Texas tried to kill this legislation from the get-go by voting NO to closure. Why? I'm sure they heard an earful from their constituents (including me).

I think most rational Americans when they know the true facts of what this legislation does are vehemently opposed to it. It is a mass blanket amnesty giving permanent residency to virtually all illegal aliens in the USA up to January 2007. Nobody knows if it is 10 million or 30+ million. Including known gang members that claim to renounce their gang membership and absconders that already have standing deportation orders against them. It freezes their deportations and gives them access to a taxpayer appointed lawyer to file motions into eternity for permanent residency. It sets a very bad precedent and is bad public policy.

This legislation was written by Teddy Kennedy with the full input of La Raza, MALDEF, and all his left wing specials interests present behind closed doors. That is a fact.

This is all about Teddy's cheap votes and Bush's cheap labor. Make no mistake about that.

[peejay 327]

That would be nice if the illegals go back home and never come back for good lol.

At the same time,, we want our fresh produce at the grocery cheap

Who's we? Speak for yourself! Cheap cucumbers aren't so cheap when people look at the big picture. It's not so simplistic or really so cheap.

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peejay,

Labor should be cheap. It is plentiful.

What is wrong with importing what is plentiful and cheap elsewhere if the resource is scarce and expensive where you are?

Nothing. Not doing so is committing economic suicide.

[homesick_american 1]

Most illegals don't undergo a medical exam or background check. That's scary.

If you think that's bad immigrants to the UK undergo no health checks at all, legal or not. I was never seen by a doctor for immigration purposes. I could have had cancer, AIDS, and a dangerous mental illness and they'd have been none the wiser; and the NHS would have paid for it all.