New
Polls Show Broad-Based Support for Immigration Enforcement
While pro-amnesty advocates
increase their pressure on the Obama Administration to pass “comprehensive
immigration reform,” recent polls show strong support for immigration
enforcement, even among minorities, business executives, union members, and
parishioners. In February, Zogby released the results of a survey of roughly
700 Hispanic, 400 African-American, and 400 Asian-American likely voters. The
Zogby poll found that, when asked to choose between enforcement that would
cause illegal aliens in the country to go home or offering them an amnesty, 52
percent of Hispanics, 57 percent of Asian-Americans, and 50 percent of
African-Americans support the enforcement option. (CIS Backgrounder, February 2010). A Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)
analysis of the poll results concluded that despite the perception that
minority voters support amnesty as a monolithic bloc, the reality is that
minorities “want enforcement and less immigration.” (Id.).
Another Zogby poll released
in February illustrates the gap between pro-amnesty special interests and the
people that these groups purport to represent. Special interest business groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
and the Essential Worker Immigration Coalition often team with special interest
labor groups like the AFL-CIO and the Service Employees International Union to
lobby Congress in support of amnesty and in opposition to immigration
enforcement. However, the Zogby poll found that 59 percent of
executives (e.g., CEOs, CFOs, etc.), 67 percent of small business owners, and
58 percent of union households support enforcement of our immigration laws over
granting amnesty to illegal aliens. (CIS Backgrounder, February 2010).
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