Thread: Mexicans Review U.S. Immigration Reform Plans

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Angus Reid Global Scan : Polls & Research
Mexicans Review U.S. Immigration Reform Plans
April 19, 2006

(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Many adults in Mexico think one of the proposals aimed at curbing illegal immigration into the United States will be unsuccessful, according to a poll by El Universal. 89 per cent of respondents believe the proposed border fences will be fruitless.

Last month, the Pew Hispanic Center calculated the number of undocumented immigrants in the United States at somewhere between 11.5 million to 12 million.

In December 2005, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that calls for the construction of a new 1,100 kilometre fence on the U.S.-Mexico border. The proposal also seeks to make it a felony to be in the U.S. illegally or to help an undocumented person stay in the country. 76 per cent of Mexican respondents say crossing illegally into the U.S. should not be a crime.

On Apr. 6, several senators announced a compromise package that would place illegal immigrants in three different groups depending on the amount of time they have spent in the U.S. The plan, called the "roots concept" by Republican lawmakers, would favour persons who have lived in the U.S. for more than five years. The proposal was not ratified before a two-week congressional break. 79 per cent of Mexican respondents support the provisions that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a temporary work permit.

Last month, in an interview with the BBC, Mexican president Vicente Fox discussed immigration policies in the United States, and declared, "I daresay that in 10 years, the U.S. will be begging, will be pleading with Mexico to send it workers, and Mexico won’t do it because it will have its people employed (in Mexico)." 43 per cent of Mexican respondents believe racism is the main reason for U.S. opposition to illegal immigration.

Polling Data

Views on illegal immigration to the United States

Percentage of Mexicans who say border
fences would not stop illegal immigration 89%

Percentage of Mexicans who say that crossing
illegally into the United States should not be a crime 76%

Percentage of Mexicans who support provisions
of a Senate bill that would allow undocumented
immigrants to obtain a temporary work permit 79%

Percentage of Mexicans who say racism is the main
reason for U.S. opposition to illegal immigration 43%



Source: El Universal
Methodology: Interviews with 1,500 Mexican adults, conducted from Apr. 5 to Apr. 8, 2006. Margin of error is 3.2 per cent.

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yeah - I was called a racist for my views on illegal immigration

However - if I am a racist - then somebody please explain -

Why I love and are married to an hispanic woman -
Why I have and love two hispanic children
Why I have and love three hispanic grand-children
I also have many hispanic in-laws whom I love to visit
and spend time with.

So - I wish the folks would quit throwing the Race Card.

I am FOR preserving my National Heritage for myself - for my children
and for those "Legal Immigrants" that want to to "become US Citizens".

I have no use for an invading army of "Aztlan Re-Conquistadors"

They need to leave - now.

Who cares what Mexicans think? It is none of their business.

We can keep them out of here if the government does it job. We could build a fence that they could not penetrate over or under. We do have the money and the manpower to do it, but the government does not want to because they are making too much money off these people.

Percentage of Mexicans who say border
fences would not stop illegal immigration 89%

Percentage of Mexicans who say that crossing
illegally into the United States should not be a crime 76%

Percentage of Mexicans who support provisions
of a Senate bill that would allow undocumented
immigrants to obtain a temporary work permit 79%

Percentage of Mexicans who say racism is the main
reason for U.S. opposition to illegal immigration 43%

I wonder what those figures would have been, had they been polling them on illegal aliens coming into Mexico?

Let me design that wall and not one will get through it.