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minutemancdc_sc 9 months ago
The United States has the most comprehensive and best thought out immigration laws in the world.

8 USC ¶ 12 is the Immigration and Nationality chapter of the U.S. Code.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/8/usc_sup_01_8_10_12.html

If you choose to advocate for "Comprehensive Immigration Reform," read our immigration laws first.

You may find articles that you would want to change for your own benefit, but it is unlikely that a majority of Americans will agree with you.

The left-leaning Pew Research Center found that 77% of Americans polled selected, “we should restrict and control people coming into the country to live more than we do now.” That was in Nov., 2003, and American citizens have become much more aware and awake in the 5½ years since then. With the current unemployment rate at 9.4%, not counting discouraged workers, American citizens today are much more sensitive about losing their livelihoods - especially losing jobs to illegal alien workers who shouldn't be in the country in the first place.
http://www.pewtrusts.com/pdf/pew_research_values_110503.pdf

On May 23, 2007, Rasmussen Reports announced that 72% of registered voters polled say, it is Very Important for “the government to improve its enforcement of the borders and reduce illegal immigration.”

On May 24, 2007, a New York Times/CBS News poll announced that 69% of American adults believe illegal immigrants should “be prosecuted and deported for being in the U.S. illegally,” while just 24% disagree and say they should not.
82% believe the federal government could be doing more to “keep illegal immigrants from crossing into this country,” and only 14% say, “the U.S. is doing all it can reasonably be expected to do along its borders.”
75% favor higher fines and increased enforcement of employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens.

On June 6, 2007, Rasmussen Reports announced that half of those polled opposed the Senate Comprehensive Immigration Reform bile, er, bill. Only 23% supported it.

On Nov. 6, 2007, Rasmussen Reports found that 77% of those polled opposed giving driver's licenses to illegal aliens, an under-the-counter granting of legitimacy which then-Gov. Spitzer and Sen. Hillary Clinton proposed and quickly retracted.

On March 17, 2009, Rasmussen Reports found nearly seven out of ten voters polled supported local law enforcement of immigration laws. 73% of voters said that police officers should automatically check to see if someone is in the country legally when the officer pulls that person over for a traffic violation, while only 21% disagree. 67% of voters said that if law enforcement officers know where immigrants gather to find work, they should conduct surprise raids to identify and deport illegal aliens.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and scofflaw employers, along with La Raza and their ilk, have lobbied in the Senate for amnesty and slack immigration law enforcement. http://www.numbersusa.com/content/polls.html has more polls which show the widespread public opposition to those assorted sordid proposals.

Even though the media, at the bidding of their advertisers, promote the open borders agenda, American workers know when they're being had, and they won't have it.
minutemancdc_sc 9 months ago
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Those are good, solid, informative posts. I could easily let this blog go by without adding my 2¢.