At a time when the Department of Justice is following the lead of fringe groups like the ACLU and MALDEF, in suing Arizona and Alabama for their common sense immigration enforcement laws, a new poll shows record support for these approaches by the American people.
According to a new Rasmussen poll, a whopping 75% of Americans support AZ-style penalties vs. employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens, and 65% say police should automatically check immigration status during traffic stops – both record highs and hallmarks of Arizona laws which the Obama Administration has tried to stop. In addition, 67% say a state should be able to enforce immigration laws when the Feds have failed. (see chart below)
| Enforcement Provision | Support | Oppose |
| Strict sanctions on employers who hire illegal aliens | 75% | 16% |
| Support state laws to enforce immigration law when Feds fail to act | 67% | 22% |
| Automatic immigration checks by police during traffic stops | 65% | 26% |
| Shut down companies who knowingly/repeatedly hire illegals | 61% | 21% |
| Strict sanctions on landlords who rent to illegal aliens | 59% | 24% |
Source: Rasmussen Reports Poll: National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters, July 14-15, 2011
These are big numbers. And they demonstrate why Arizona-style enforcement laws such as S.B. 1070, Alabama’s S.B. 56 and Georgia’s S.B. 87 must be models for every state nationwide.
America is broke. Yet the staggering cost of illegal aliens to American taxpayers – $113 billion annually – has been completely ignored in the recent debt ceiling debate. But those costs are felt every day by people across this nation – in the sustained unemployment, as jobs for Americans have evaporated, while jobs for illegals have gained during the recession. And in the hundreds of hospitals closing because of the overhwhelming cost of unpaid bills by illegal aliens – $1.25 billion a year in California alone. And in the brazen hiring of illegals in well-paying jobs by unscrupulous employers, while little or nothing is done by the Feds to stop it. And in the bankrupting of social services from coast to coast, as 71% of illegal aliens collect at least one type of welfare, and brazenly break the law to obtain WIC and food stamps – again, with no Federal actions to stop it.
ENOUGH. the Federal government has failed miserably to enforce our immigration laws. It is up to the states to uphold the rule of law. And the American People overwhelmingly back these actions. This is why Stand With Arizona and our activists have worked so hard this year to pass laws in GA, IN, AL, TX, SC and elsewhere. And it is why this fall SWA will be ramping up our efforts in 22 states across America to pass Arizona-style enforcement laws against illegals and employers who hire them.
And we will also be making sure that elected officials who oppose the will of the people on these issues will be out of a job in 2012. Join us!
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Nip it at the bud !! I stand with Arizona !! I do remember the Alamo !
I support what Arizona is TRYING to do…but, the “survey” results (and questions) are not accurate…
One says: Automatic immigration checks by police during traffic stops
I COMPLETELY agree with that.
BUT, Arizona’s law says they are to check when there’s “reasonable suspicion”…
AND, that is what I have a problem with…and, most other people should, too.
The law should dictate “automatic immigration checks” during traffic stops. Period.
The Liberal progressives are at it again in looking for a motive to tax us even more, so we keep supporting illegal aliens. We were just diverted from a calamity, with the $14.5 trillion dollars treasury deficit, if it actually works? But every year and rapidly climbing is the cost of the $113 billion dollars we supplement for lawbreakers, who entered the United States without permission of the people. There is no excuse for our government or any previous administration to keep catering to these non-Americans, who have no right to be here. Eric Holder, a Justice Department Czarists in Obama’s Imperial Court, is currently serving papers on Alabama. This Southern State is trying to save its citizens and permanent residents, by enacting illegal immigration enforcement. Is the Obama administration so ignorant and indifferent to States suffering from this pestilence, that they encourage and place no real enforcement obstacles in the way of this occupation? The Tea Party does, Presidential contender Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) that the Tea Party Caucus has full intentions of halting any types of Amnesty or anything that is tainted with CHAIN MIGRATION laws.
IN WHATEVER STATE YOU ABIDE, YOU HAVE BEEN LIED TO FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS FROM EACH US ADMINISTRATION. YOU HAVE SEEN THE TENTATIVE COST OF $113 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, THAT COMES FROM AMERICAN WORKERS SWEAT AND BLOOD. NEXT YEAR YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO COMPLETELY OVERRUN THE REPUBLICANS AND LIBERAL DEMOCRATS AND VOTE IN MORE STRONG TEA PARTY LEADERS, WHO WILL NOT ONLY SHRINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY, BUT RETURN POWER TO EACH SOVEREIGN STATE. THE TEA PARTY WILL REVISE OUR TAX SYSTEM, SO EVERYBODY PAYS WITH NO EXEMPTIONS, AS WE HAVE TODAY. THE 1986 IMMIGRATION CONTROL & REFORM ACT WILL BE FULLY ENFORCED AND ONLY THE HIGHLY SKILLED PROFESSIONALS WILL RECEIVE ENTRY VISAS TO AMERICA. SIMILAR TO THE 1942 ”BRACERO” PROJECT TEMPORARY VISA WILL BE INTRODUCED, BUT WITH A TRACKING SYSTEM FOR THOSE WHO SNUB OUR LAWS; SAME WITH TOURISTS WHO OVERSTAY VISAS.
Should Obama win the 2012 election, he will return the favor to non-citizens and illegal aliens with the passage of another Amnesty. Another Amnesty similar to the 1986 Simpson/Mazzoli bill is projected to cost $2.5 Trillion dollars, according to the Heritage Foundation. Then there is the evident question why would the US government consider this, when every State is struggling to climb out of a financial hole? Every day billions of dollars are added to the US deficit, and still President Obama, Sen. Reid, Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano and Eric Holder and his Liberal friends, want to add even more dollars to the growing deficit. California now is carrying a $26 Billion dollar deficit neglecting its own legitimate citizen’s interests as a priority. If the Liberals sitting in Sacramento was ousted, then they would not be adding another $21.Billion and then Carson City, Nevada $1Billion, 191million dollars annually.
Both States have very high populations of illegal aliens and no State can survive this type of maltreatment. Welfare for illegal immigrants has got completely out of hand. American taxpayers are spending 3 to 4 dollars on these people, for just one dollar illegal aliens pay into the US Treasury and State general funds. These dollar figures are not speculation, but real numbers on years of calculation’s, data and assessments contributed to the general public by (FAIR) Federation of American Immigration Reform, Robert Rector Chief analyst for the Conservative Heritage Foundation and NumbersUSA. I’m a TEA PARTY MEMBER, are you? The Leftists have been unable scare the TEA PARTY or come to that, average Americans; the Tea Party recognizes all racial groups or individuals religious conviction are welcome, as long as you came to the United States through the front door.
We as US Citizens, must be made aware that Liberals especially see no difference in who registers to vote. This has become even more predominant in the last decade, as illegal migrants and immigrants have been registering to vote, especially by forging “Absentee Ballots.” Federal law is rather lax in this matter, with foreign nationals overcoming their reluctance of committing perjury. Many State are now demanding government picture ID as verification, but “Blue” states have ignored this enforcement, with only the minimum of election investigative checks.
Now the panicking Leftists are frantic, as now their calling me and multiples of millions Tea Party members –TERRORISTS. What a wretched lot, when they can’t fight you fairly and sink down into a cesspit of slurs, along with their radical reporters in the press. The Tea Party wing of the Republican Party, aided in winning the first round, to a balanced budget amendment, but it’s a progressive uphill battle in opposition to the Tax and Spend Liberals. Every American who sees that this is a silent occupation by illegal foreigners should call their Washington Representatives. If they want stop the Obama federal government encroaching on State rights, your rights, that only the people’s raised voice can halt this sham? This especially covers issues such as border fence remaining insecure and yet Americans still forced through federal law to pay for 300 thousand children who are smuggled across the border annually, that taxpayers must educate. Issues like the DREAM ACT or any action such as a Sanctuary States or Immigration Reform just encourages millions more to slip past borders, or enter by jet with a visa and then over-stays.
Courts have ordered that Taxpayers must cover costs for illegal pregnant Mothers, the whole family and their offspring for non-reimbursed hospital care. Then there are billions of dollars being spent, to cover Medicaid and other welfare programs. But the activist Liberal judges interpreting the law to their own advantage just dumped the free programs on state taxpayers, as the US government reimburses only a small portion to the respective states. Soon Georgia, Arizona, Utah could face similar court injunctions, from the communist ACLU, the radical La Raza organizations from saving their taxpayers from this disturbing situation.
Immigration news: A federal appellate court vacated its original ruling that found Hazleton’s, Pennsylvania local ordinance requiring businesses to use E-Verify was unconstitutional. The court was instructed by the Supreme Court to revisit its ruling after upholding Arizona’s statewide law earlier this year.
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The biggest lie ever told about illegal aliens is that their is a population of 12 million. That figure has been the official old tired statement of the Liberals and the open border zealots since 1987. The Undeniable fact that there are now close to 40 million illegals aliens here and that they’ve nearly bankrupted this sovereign nation. The authorities South of our border has admitted that 12% of their entire country now lives in America?
ok!!!! i’ve had enough of the bullshit from the department of justic,don’t they know we the citizens of this country pays their salarys? Its time we rid ourselves of these clowns and elect people who will stand up for America. Say no to illegals if they don’t want to come here the right way ,We don’t want them here.