Polls Show Washington Out-of-Touch with the American People onAmnesty, Border Security
 

On Apr 22, 10:36*am, wrote:
On Apr 22, 8:14*am, Don Gabacho wrote:



Polls Show Washington Out-of-Touch with the American People on Amnesty,
Border Security

Last Tuesday, Rasmussen Reports released polling data that demonstrates
that the Washington political class remains hopelessly out-of-touch with
the American people on immigration policy. *In gauging whether it was "Very
Important" for the government to improve America's border security and to
reduce illegal immigration, 66% of likely voters nationwide agreed compared
to just 32% of "America's Political Class." *(Rasmussen, April 12, 2009). *
The American Political Class generally trusts politicians, not the American
people; is highly representative of the government establishment; and
doesn't view the federal government as self-interested. *(Rasmussen, March
20, 2009).

Rasmussen found an even larger difference between the political class and
the American people on the issue of amnesty. *Voters were divided on
whether legalization is "Somewhat Important": 48% say it is, while 45% say
it's not. *Among the political class, however, Rasmussen found that 74% say
legalization is important, while only 17% disagreed. *(Id.) *The American
people also clearly favor an enforcement approach, as 68% of Americans
support punishing employers who hire illegal aliens; 73% of Americans
believe law enforcement should automatically check an individual's
immigration status during routine traffic stops; and among people with a
"mainstream" or "populist" view, a view Rasmussen says most Americans
share, 83% oppose giving driver's licenses to illegal aliens. *(Rasmussen,
April 12, 2009).

Rasmussen suggests that the 2006 and 2007 immigration debates centered on
the issue that mattered most to Washington's political elite: how illegal
aliens could earn a "path to citizenship." *The debates failed to address
the concerns of the American people, namely, "gaining control of the
border." *(Id.) *In 2007, Rasmussen found that just 16% of American voters
believed "comprehensive immigration reform" would reduce illegal
immigration, compared to 74% who believed it would not. *(Rasmussen, May
30, 2007). *At the time, just 22% of Americans supported the Senate bill. *
(Rasmussen, June 25, 2007). *Last week, Rasmussen noted that public opinion
on amnesty legislation has remain unchanged since the 2006 debate on the
Bush-McCain-Kennedy immigration reform bill which, despite "tremendous
support among the political elite," was defeated in 2007 after "the Senate
was eventually forced to surrender to public opinion." (Id.) *(Rasmussen,
April 12, 2009).

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Will and escalation of racial violence get Washingtons attention?
Probably not as
not one single nationally-known political figures has mentioned the
2,000+ Americans
butchered yearly by illegal aliens.

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Ain't that the truth?The people of this country are not and will not
tolerate amnesty for illegals pure and simple.Nor will they go for
Obama and his plan on letting them stream across the border because of
drug wars.If we legalized marijuana there would be no drug wars as
that is the major drug being smuggled into the country from Mexico.The
vast majority of heroin and cocaine enters via the shipping industry
and the american-canadian borders.IE:In Detroit at the Ambasador
bridge border crossing they siezed 26 million dollars in cocaine that
wasbeing smuggled from Canada into the U.S Case closed