Trump-backed immigration bill draws significant support

BeeHive · 08-09-2017, 04:28 PM

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Americans generally favor a more selective legal immigration system that would reward those who speak English and those who bring desired skills to the U.S., according to a new poll released Wednesday that could boost the new immigration bill President Trump is backing.

The Morning Consult/Politico poll found 62 percent support for giving would-be immigrants who can speak English a leg up, and found 61 percent support for creating a point-based system to select new employer-based immigrants.

Some 54 percent also said they want the government to weigh an immigrant’s need for taxpayer assistance in deciding whether to admit someone.

Cutting the actual total number of legal immigrants from 1.1 million a year to about 500,000 a year is more controversial, with a plurality of 48 percent supporting it and 39 percent opposing it.

Those are all parts of a new bill introduced by GOP Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and David Perdue of Georgia, known as the RAISE Act. Mr. Trump embraced the bill at a White House ceremony last week.

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Looks like the majority from this poll supports the bill.

jaylove16 · 08-09-2017, 04:31 PM

Who cares about this poll? There are thousands of polls out there supporting comprehensive immigration reform

godsavethequeen · 08-09-2017, 04:35 PM

While the Washington Times tends to lean to the right, the source of the poll, Morning Consult / Politco tends to lean to the left-center.

BeeHive · 08-09-2017, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by jaylove16

Who cares about this poll? There are thousands of polls out there supporting comprehensive immigration reform

I dont understand your comment.

No one here is talking about comprehensive immigration reform. Care to show the thousands of polls here? Ill be awaiting.

And it seems people do care about this poll.

JohannBernoulli1667 · 08-09-2017, 04:40 PM

If you ask the average retarded Joe on the street who doesn't know anything about immigration policy, I am not surprised polling comes out like that.

godsavethequeen · 08-09-2017, 04:41 PM

Here's the link to the poll, in case you guys are too lazy to read the entire article but want to analyze it; http://www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...d-cfbfbc3e0002

BeeHive · 08-09-2017, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by JohannBernoulli1667

If you ask the average retarded Joe on the street who doesn't know anything about immigration policy, I am not surprised polling comes out like that.

I would wait for a quinnipiac poll.

jaylove16 · 08-09-2017, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by BeeHive

I dont understand your comment.

No one here is talking about comprehensive immigration reform. Care to show the thousands of polls here? Ill be awaiting.

And it seems people do care about this poll.

No one cares about this poll except people who support that crappy bill.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn...icy/index.html

http://americasvoice.org/press_relea...h-citizenship/

http://www.gallup.com/poll/184577/fa...mmigrants.aspx