Thread: POLL: Should President Obama begin to push for major changes

Should President Obama begin to push for major changes to the immigration system this year?

The New York Times reports that Obama plans to begin addressing immigration policy sometime this year, including looking for a path for illegal immigrants to become legal.

Question

No, it would be politically disastrous given the state of the economy

Yes, the system is a mess and now is as good a time as any

I'm not sure

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It's a loaded question. If you answer NO it sounds like you are for amnasty just not now. There is no choice to say absolutely NO, NEVER!

It's a loaded question.

Good observation. They love those back doors and open ended answers.

62.9%
No, it would be politically disastrous given the state of the economy
4,516 votes

35.5%
Yes, the system is a mess and now is as good a time as any
2,550 votes

1.6%
I'm not sure
113 votes

Mayday wrote:

It's a loaded question. If you answer NO it sounds like you are for amnasty just not now.

Maybe but the alternative is to allow the pro-illegal alien advocats to have a voice in the poll while we remain silent.

Yes, Obama needs to see to it that our immigration laws are enforced........that would be a change we would all enjoy! Smile.

With that being said, given the way the question was formatted, I would answer no, so there would be no question that I oppose Amnesty in any way, shape or form.

PS
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ELE wrote:

With that being said, given the way the question was formatted, I would answer no, so there would be no question that I oppose Amnesty in any way, shape or form.

I voted 'NO' too.

After reading the response comments it seems like a huge majority of those voting 'YES' still don't support an illegal alien amnesty. Mayday is right, this is definitely a loaded poll that is designed to purposely split the vote to make amnesty support appear to be stronger than it is.

Put a poll up that includes the question, "Should we have comprehensive Immigration Reform that includes mandatory use of E Verigy, and deportation for those here illegally, with no excuses. Guessing we could get 70 percent on that one.

With sixteen thousand votes cast, this poll is saying that 64.8% of people are saying NO and that is on a very liberal network like MSNBC!

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65.4%
No, it would be politically disastrous given the state of the economy10,687 votes
33.2%
Yes, the system is a mess and now is as good a time as any
5,415 votes
1.4%
I'm not sure

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Total of 16,371 votes - click on the "Display Comments" bar below to sort comments

65.5%
No, it would be politically disastrous given the state of the economy
10,718 votes

33.1%
Yes, the system is a mess and now is as good a time as any
5,421 votes

1.4%
I'm not sure
232 votes