What to do about illegal immigration?
When it comes to immigration reform, we have met the enemy and he is us. Confused, don’t be because you’re not alone. Since there are rallies scheduled for around the country today, including Indianapolis, I decided to look at some polling data to see exactly where the American people are on the illegal immigration issue. I got the information from www.pollingreport.com. The results were a little surprising, but at the same time very revealing.
Let me give you a snapshot. When asked whether illegal immigration was a serious, or somewhat serious problem, many Americans said “yes”.
Fox News — 90%
Time — 68%
Quinnipiac — 88%
However, when you ask if illegal immigrants are here to take jobs from Americans or do the work we won’t do, the dynamics change somewhat.
Fox News — 34-47%
Time — 35%-55%
AP — 29%-55%
One question that really got my attention was one asked by Fox news whether illegal immigration was more of a problem in your community? The answer was 50% “No”, 47% “Yes.” This question reminds me of the classic phrase “I hate Congress, but I love my Congressman.”
It’s poll numbers like these that explain why lawmakers don’t know what to do about immigration reform. They don’t know what to do because we don’t know what to do. As I said at the beginning, we have me the enemy and he is us.
