Immigration: The Pivotal Issue For the GOP!

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"And, not everybody knows this but, America has the most generous LEGAL immigration system in the world. Every year we let in almost more LEGAL immigrants than the rest of the countries of the world combined, over 1 million legal immigrants a year. And, LEGAL immigrants from Mexico are at the top of the list. So, to all those dunces who continue to say our immigration system is broken, I ask; just how many more LEGAL immigrants do you think we should let in?



We already have guest worker programs. H1B (high-tech), H2A (farmworker) and L-1 (employees of an international company with offices in the U.S.) Over 1,000,000 guest workers currently live in the U.S. And, there is a bill in the House of Representatives, HR 2847 The American Specialty Agriculture Act, which would allow 500,000 more guest workers, per year! So we already have a plethora of guest worker programs while unemployment is officially over 9%, is probably 12 - 15% in reality, with over 14 million unemployed American citizens. And, all these foreign workers who are taking jobs that Americans would do are usually working for less and thus are holding down wages for all workers."


Dick Morris says, Immigration: The Pivotal Issue For the GOP! - San Francisco Immigration | Examiner.com

 

[grunt11b]

Not pivotal for me, throw there non American asses out, no excuses. There really is not much debate here, if you are not legal, get the fuck out, if you are legal, get a fucking job and pay taxes......then again, we cannot even get our own democrat supporters to do such a thing, how can we get illegals to?

 

[waltky]

Uncle Ferd hopes on his next job there's lotsa hot Latino ladies workin' there...

Immigration takes back seat to economy, jobs as voter issue
Nov. 20, 2011 : Economy, jobs seen as bigger concern in 2012 election

Heading into the 2012 election season, illegal immigration is no longer the red-hot political issue it was just a few years ago. This month's recall of Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce shows the subject has peaked, according to some analysts. Pearce rode voter concern over illegal immigration to national prominence by championing enforcement-only measures to crack down on undocumented immigrants in Arizona. Those measures were emulated by elected officials around the country. But his steadfast devotion to immigration enforcement was not enough to keep him in power, in part because illegal immigration is down significantly, border security has improved and voters have moved on to more pressing issues, analysts say. As the 2012 campaigns heat up -- particularly the presidential race -- fixing the economy, job creation and cutting the federal deficit have dominated the discussion by far. And those issues will continue to be the ones that resonate into next year, experts say and recent polling suggests.

That's not to say that illegal immigration and border security won't flare up at times, as they already have. Hoping to appeal to anti-immigration conservative primary voters and "tea party" activists, most of the GOP presidential contenders have jockeyed to characterize themselves as tough on border security and immigration enforcement. Some have courted Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, another nationally known illegal-immigration hard-liner from Arizona, in hopes of securing his endorsement. And Texas Gov. Rick Perry's support of in-state tuition for undocumented students and other policies that his rivals characterized as soft on illegal immigration hurt his campaign with base Republican voters. But in a general election, when President Barack Obama and his Republican opponent will need to appeal to a broad array of voters, illegal immigration is expected to take a backseat to jobs and the economy, analysts say.

Issue's risks

Although illegal immigration has waned as a political issue, it hasn't completely faded, according to some analysts. Inspired in part by Pearce, local and state lawmakers around the country continue to push immigration-related bills and resolutions at a record pace. In June, Alabama passed a sweeping immigration-enforcement bill considered tougher than Senate Bill 1070, the law Pearce wrote as part of an effort to drive illegal immigrants out of Arizona by, among other measures, requiring local police to question people they suspect of being in the country illegally about their immigration status. Advocates of tough immigration enforcement reject the notion that Pearce's recall amounted to a referendum on immigration policy and vow to keep pushing for more crackdowns.

But analysts say Pearce's recall showed that candidates and elected officials who use illegal immigration to win votes and rise to power also risk alienating voters in the long run if they fail to recognize other issues important to voters. They also risk galvanizing the fast-growing Latino population. "One would have to say that the Russell Pearce election is one indication that the trend has peaked," said Muzaffar Chishti, who tracks immigration legislation for the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan research group in Washington, D.C. "There may be other factors in his defeat, but wrapping himself around the illegal-immigration flag did not help his election. That is a big lesson for people that want to make illegal immigration the hallmark of their legislative career." Local and state lawmakers introduced more than 1,590 immigration-related bills this year, the most ever, Chishti said. Of those, at least 257 passed.

Eclipsed by economy

 

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last year the USA drop the H1B visa and now again make improvements for more skill labors in USA.