Thread: Arizona immigration law gets high marks

The Hill
Arizona immigration law gets high marks
By Jordan Fabian - 06/01/10 09:18 AM ET

The controversial Arizona law received high marks from registered voters in the latest Qunnipiac University poll released Tuesday.

48 percent said they want their state to pass legislation similar to Arizona's while 35 percent said they do not. Overall, 51 percent approve of the law opposed to 31 percent who disapprove.

The law, which Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) signed in April, has sparked a heated debate over the direction of the nation's immigration policy.

Under the law, state and local law enforcement officials are required to check for documentation people who they suspect are in the country illegally if they are stopped for other reasons.

"The Arizona immigration law has emerged as a major divide in the country, but the numbers are on the side of those supporting it," pollster Peter A. Brown said. "The strong plurality who says they would like a similar law in their own state probably portends the law will be an issue in many, many campaigns this November across the country. Depending on how those elections and court challenges come out, copy cat Arizona laws could be a hot issue in state capitals after November."

To an extent, support for the law cuts across party lines; 57 percent of independents said they support the law along with 28 percent of Democrats. Seventy-five percent of Republicans said they back the measure.

The law, however, has caused a divide between lawmakers in Congress.

Brewer and the law's supporters in Congress say that the measure is necessary to stem the tide of violence and drug cartel activity that has spilled across the border from Mexico. Backers say that the federal government has failed to enforce immigration law and the state needed to take matters into its own hands.

Opponents of the law say that it will infringe on the civil liberties of Latinos because it will lead to racial profiling. They have called on Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform legislation that includes a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.

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To an extent, support for the law cuts across party lines; 57 percent of independents said they support the law along with 28 percent of Democrats. Seventy-five percent of Republicans said they back the measure.

Wow, only 28% of the polled Democrats support the Arizona law!

I suspected the number would be higher than that - guess I was wrong.

With 75% of the polled Republicans supporting the law, those darn Congress critters sitting on the Republican side of the aisle better be paying attention.

They have called on Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform legislation that includes a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.

Clearly the American people do not want amnesty for illegals, so why do they keep trying to force it upon us?

Id like to see a poll done in the state of Arizona taken from hispanics ONLY and ask them if they support the AZ 1070.
Those results would be the tell all, end all

myfoxphoenix.com
New Poll Shows Most Americans Want Arizona-Type Law
Updated: Tuesday, 01 Jun 2010, 7:41 PM MDT
Published : Tuesday, 01 Jun 2010, 7:41 PM MDT

PHOENIX - A new poll is only cementing what past polls have shown: Arizona's new immigration law has the majority of public support. And Arizona may not be alone for long in how it tackles the illegal immigration problem.

Despite a slew of protests at the state Capitol, and outcry from Washington bigwigs, polls show that more and more Americans want a similar law enacted in their state.

"Countries have a right to control the people that come into their country. The type of person, the number of people. Everybody that's reasonable supports that. And that's why Arizona's law is popular," says State Representative John Kavanagh, a Republican from Scottsdale.

The Quinnipiac University poll found that 48 percent of responders supported enacting a similar law, compared to 35 percent.

Kavanagh says the only people who don't get it are the folks in Washington who didn't read it, or politicians who have it in their best political interests to oppose it, to play to their base.

State Representative Chad Campbell, a Phoenix Democrat, is against the law. He says the law is a temporary way to solve the problem, but doesn't really secure the border.

An overwhelming 76 percent of poll responders say that plans to boycott Arizona are a bad idea.

To see results of the non-partisan poll: http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1295.xml?ReleaseID=1460

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i want them to do a poll of Legal Hispanics and see what the results show as to them favoring the law.