Thread: High Support for Temporary Worker Program in U.S.

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December 8, 2005
High Support for Temporary Worker Program in U.S.

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(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Many adults in the United States agree with their president’s proposal to create a special system for foreigners who want to work in the country, according to a poll by Schulman, Ronca, & Bucuvalas (SRBI) Public Affairs published in Time. 72 per cent of respondents support enacting a guest worker program for illegal immigrants.

In January 2004, U.S. president George W. Bush tabled his proposal for a major overhaul of the U.S. immigration system. The plan includes a "temporary worker program" that would grant legal status to undocumented workers, who would pay taxes, be required to return to their home country after three years, and receive no special preference if they decide to apply for permanent citizenship.

In his Dec. 3 radio address, Bush discussed his immigration policies, saying, "In this new century we must continue to welcome legal immigrants and help them learn the customs and values that unite all Americans, including liberty and civic responsibility, equality under God, tolerance for others, and the English language. In the coming months, I look forward to working with Congress on comprehensive immigration reform that will enforce our laws, secure our border, and uphold our deepest values." 50 per cent of respondents believe illegal immigrants should be eligible to register for the program in the U.S., while 45 per cent believe all applicants should return to their own countries before joining the system.

The U.S. Congress is currently studying two different proposals to deal with immigration. A bill sponsored by Republican Arizona senator John McCain and Democratic Massachusetts senator Ted Kennedy seeks to grant legal status to virtually every undocumented migrant, and would create a guest-worker program.

Conversely, Republican Texas senator John Cornyn and Republican Arizona senator Jon Kyl have proposed a series of border enforcement measures, as well as the mandatory electronic verification of a worker’s eligibility. The plan also contemplates a guest-worker program.

Polling Data

Do you support or oppose enacting a guest worker program for illegal immigrants?

Support 72%

Oppose 24%

Do you think illegal immigrants should be eligible to register for the program in the U.S., or return to their own countries to apply?

Register in U.S. 50%

Return to countries 45%

Source: Schulman, Ronca, & Bucuvalas (SRBI) Public Affairs / Time
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,004 American adults, conducted from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1, 2005. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

How would they not know better? We have alot of work to do, folks. They'll use this poll to say, "hey, this is what people want" when the people haven't a clue as to what they just said they supported. They haven't read the program, they don't understand the consequences, and fell hook, line and sinker for what they believe is a solution to an illegal immigration problem that ironically is the Bush Final Solution to the problem with the Americans.

Ironies and Opposites. And the Fog and Mirage, Smoke and Mirrors program of this Presidency marches on.

72 per cent of respondents support enacting a guest worker program for illegal immigrants

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WHERE did they FIND these people who participated in THIS poll?? That is just HARD to BELIEVE. I would LOVE to know how the question was posed because I honestly don't believe that 72% of the American people support a guestworker program. I just think they pose these questions in such a way that it skews the results.

This is Bullshit! This reminds me of the Elon poll the OBLs floated out here in NC to try and deceive everyone. That poll tried to say most North Carolinians supported in-state tuition for illegal aliens when the actual number was 86% opposed!

W

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

This is Bullshit! This reminds me of the Elon poll the OBLs floated out here in NC to try and deceive everyone. That poll tried to say most North Carolinians supported in-state tuition for illegal aliens when the actual number was 86% opposed!

W

Well if you just look at the recent polls from the Networks. The average is around 75% opposed to any type of Guestworker program.

I agree. This DOES sound just like that Elon poll. Maybe they borrowed ELON to do this poll. This is just completely unrealistic.

It's highly suspect because no American in their right mind would support a guest worker program unless they are part of the illegal immigration problem.

I'm researching these people.

Thats crap! We've already gone over this before. See post:

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-2263.html

http://www.srbi.com/who_we_are.html

Well, their industry customers are Globalists.

So, that might explain a great deal about their polls and surveys.