CNN just did a poll concerning illegal immigration that pretty much destroys the phony racism narrative from the left.
[Click here to see poll results]
The purpose of the poll was to see how Americans feel about allowing illegal aliens to remain in the country while they work towards getting legal.
Eighty-one percent of people questioned in the poll say they support creating a program that would allow illegal immigrants already living in the U.S. for a number of years to stay here and apply to legally remain in this country permanently if they had a job and paid back taxes, with 19 percent opposed to such a plan.
Here’s the really interesting part:
According to the poll 94 percent of white respondents favor the program, 16 points higher than the 78 percent of Hispanics questioned who back a plan that would provide a pathway to legal status for some illegal immigrants.
So the allegedly racist white people are more in favor of letting illegals stay than Hispanics. Wow, that puts a pretty big hole in the racism charge. Someone should tell Chris Matthews.
Another important point worth mentioning about this poll is that 57% of respondents said securing the border should be the #1 priority. Only after the border is secure should we have the discussion about what to do with the illegals already here.
But the survey indicates that 57 percent of Americans say the main focus of the federal government in dealing with the issue of illegal immigration should be developing a plan that would stop the flow of illegal immigrants into the country and deporting those already in the U.S. That’s 15 points higher than the 42 percent who say developing a plan that would allow illegal immigrants who have jobs to become U.S. residents should be Washington’s top priority.
I really don’t care what we do with the illegal aliens already here. I have no beef with them staying while they get legal, but securing the border absolutely must come first.
The point is to not get ourselves into this predicament ever again. Reagan made the mistake of granting amnesty without securing the border and now here we sit.
We must lock the border down and drastically increase the penalties for breaching it. After that, I’m fine with a pathway to citizenship.
