About five years ago or so I was commissioned to do a local survey in Arizona concerning the attitudes of legal Hispanic citizens toward illegals. The numbers were overwhelmingly against illegals. The numbers were 68% against, 14% in favor and the rest were not sure. I interviewed almost 1300 people around the state for these numbers.
Almost 99% had claimed they had been victims of discrimination directly related to illegal immigration. The complaints ranged from work situations, home rental or purchase problems, to comments on the streets and for their kids, in the schools. Most blamed the problem directly on illegals, though they also blame the Bush administration for being too lax about the problem.
Not long after, the Pew Foundation accomplished much the same survey with similar results.
This all begs the question, why are both of these supposedly intelligent Presidential candidates pandering to a people who are against what they are proposing as a means of getting votes, when it is obvious that the only one's favoring amnesty are liberals and illegals?
Immigration Views
About five years ago or so I was commissioned to do a local survey in Arizona concerning the attitudes of legal Hispanic citizens toward illegals. The numbers were overwhelmingly against illegals. The numbers were 68% against, 14% in favor and the rest were not sure. I interviewed almost 1300 people around the state for these numbers.
Almost 99% had claimed they had been victims of discrimination directly related to illegal immigration. The complaints ranged from work situations, home rental or purchase problems, to comments on the streets and for their kids, in the schools. Most blamed the problem directly on illegals, though they also blame the Bush administration for being too lax about the problem.
Not long after, the Pew Foundation accomplished much the same survey with similar results.
This all begs the question, why are both of these supposedly intelligent Presidential candidates pandering to a people who are against what they are proposing as a means of getting votes, when it is obvious that the only one's favoring amnesty are liberals and illegals?