Majority of religious americans support path to citizenship.

[LilOlLady]

MAJORITY OF RELIGIOUS AMERICANS SUPPORT PATH TO CITIZENSHIP.

The Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), in partnership with the religion, policy and politics project at Brookings, conducted one of the largest surveys ever fielded on immigra*tion policy, immigrants, and religious and cultural changes in the U.S.The survey of nearly 4,500 American adults explores the many divisions—political, religious, ethnic, geographical, and generational—within the nation over core values and their relation*ship to immigration.

Majorities of all religious groups, including Hispanic Catholics (74%), Hispanic Protestants (71%), black Protestants (70%), Jewish Americans (67%), Mormons (63%), white Catholics (62%), white mainline Protestants (61%), and white evan*gelical Protestants (56%), agree that the immigration system should allow immi*grants currently living in the U.S. illegally to become citizens provided they meet certain requirements.

Citizenship, Values and Cultural Concerns: What Americans Want From Immigration Reform | Brookings Institution

Hell yeah they do. But the majority of Americans are not religious Americans. And immigration is not a religious issue but an ecnomic and legal issue.

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - more likely it gonna end up bein' another subsidy program...

Immigration bill envisions new farm worker program
April 3, 2013 WASHINGTON (AP) — Sweeping immigration legislation taking shape in the Senate will aim to overhaul the nation's agriculture worker program to create a steady supply of labor for farmers and growers, who rely more than any other industry on workers who are living in the country illegally.

Farm workers already here would get a speedier path to legal status than other immigrants here illegally, and a likely new visa program would make it easier for foreign workers to come to the U.S. Policymakers aim to install such workers in place of the half or more of the nation's farm labor workforce estimated to be in the country illegally. Negotiators have been working to finalize an agreement in time for the measure to be included in bipartisan legislation expected to be released next week, but disagreements on wages and numbers of visas are proving tough to solve.

Labor groups are accusing growers of pushing to lower farmworkers' wages, while growers dispute that and say they want to pay a fair wage. Meanwhile, labor is resisting growers' attempts to increase the potential numbers of new workers who would come in, as growers argue their industry's viability depends on a strong new labor supply. "It comes down to either we're importing our labor or we're importing our food, and if we don't have access to a legal supply of labor we will start going offshore," said Kristi Boswell, director of congressional relations for the American Farm Bureau Federation.

The issue has gotten little public attention in an immigration debate focused on securing the border, creating a path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants living in the country illegally, and designing a new visa program for low-skilled workers outside of agriculture. But for states from California to Georgia to Florida with booming agriculture industries, it's a critical part of the puzzle. At least 50 percent and as much as 70 or 80 percent of the nation's farm workers are here illegally, according to labor and industry estimates. Growers say they need a better way to hire labor legally, and advocates say workers can be exploited and need better protections and a way to earn permanent residence. "One thing that we know is that there's not an industry that will benefit more from a new immigration program than agriculture," said Giev Kashkooli, United Farm Workers vice president. "The problem is industry needs people who are both willing and able to do the work. And it's difficult work."

The reason agriculture uses so much illegal labor has to do with the need for workers, but also the inadequacy of current immigration programs. There is a 10-month visa program for farm workers, called the H2A visa, but growers argue it's so hard to use that once they've completed the paperwork whatever crop they needed picked may well have withered. There were about 55,000 H2A visas issued in 2011, representing a small percentage of the nation's approximately 2 million farm workers.

More Immigration bill envisions new farm worker program | CNS News

 

[Katzndogz]

That's what we need. More illiterate, unskilled, seasonal workers.

 

[JakeStarkey]

We have put up with such whites and the blacks for more than a 100 years in the South.

Bet this group will worker harder and better.

 

[Katzndogz]

We have put up with such whites and the blacks for more than a 100 years in the South.

Bet this group will worker harder and better.

Bet they sooner rape XXXXXXX (it's a cultural thing) and steal whatever they can carry.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Address the question, Katzndogz.

 

[Katzndogz]

Address the question, Katzndogz.

Did you have a question percolating someplace?

 

[Katzndogz]

The way to deal with illegal aliens.

Texas authorities now admit as likely that the man who sexually attacked 4 year old girl whose father beat him to death is an ILLEGAL ALIEN [as I had initially guessed]. Should we MAKE THINGS AS TOUGH AS POSSIBLE on illegal aliens?

Saves money on a trial.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Address the question, Katzndogz.

Did you have a question percolating someplace?

You were answered correctly enough.

 

[TemplarKormac]

We have put up with such whites and the blacks for more than a 100 years in the South.

Bet this group will worker harder and better.

Or we can encourage lazy American citizens to work. Perhaps not encourage such apathy among the welfare state.

 

[JakeStarkey]

We have a safety net, that has holes in it, yes.

We need major reform.

 

[Katzndogz]

Address the question, Katzndogz.

Did you have a question percolating someplace?

You were answered correctly enough.

I was answered. I as in me myself?

You have misplaced your sanity.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Katz, you don't get to play the imbecilic "post it again", please.

You were answered. Go find it.

 

[whitehall]

The last time I looked the population of the United States was around 313 Million. The left leaning Brookings polled 4,500 in a selected demographic using an apparently complicated lists of questions most likely polled by unskilled minimum wage people.

 

[JakeStarkey]

The last time I looked the population of the United States was around 313 Million. The left leaning Brookings polled 4,500 in a selected demographic using an apparently complicated lists of questions most likely polled by unskilled minimum wage people.

Sure, whitehall: you don't even know what you just wrote.

 

[Katzndogz]

Katz, you don't get to play the imbecilic "post it again", please.

You were answered. Go find it.

You are drunk high or both. I did not ask a question you asked a question. I asked if you had a question percolating someplace. Obviously you don't. You just thought you did and have now forgotten what it was.

 

[Flopper]

MAJORITY OF RELIGIOUS AMERICANS SUPPORT PATH TO CITIZENSHIP.

The Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), in partnership with the religion, policy and politics project at Brookings, conducted one of the largest surveys ever fielded on immigra*tion policy, immigrants, and religious and cultural changes in the U.S.The survey of nearly 4,500 American adults explores the many divisions—political, religious, ethnic, geographical, and generational—within the nation over core values and their relation*ship to immigration.

Majorities of all religious groups, including Hispanic Catholics (74%), Hispanic Protestants (71%), black Protestants (70%), Jewish Americans (67%), Mormons (63%), white Catholics (62%), white mainline Protestants (61%), and white evan*gelical Protestants (56%), agree that the immigration system should allow immi*grants currently living in the U.S. illegally to become citizens provided they meet certain requirements.

Citizenship, Values and Cultural Concerns: What Americans Want From Immigration Reform | Brookings Institution

Hell yeah they do. But the majority of Americans are not religious Americans. And immigration is not a religious issue but an ecnomic and legal issue.

Not surprising since most Americans support it.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Katz, you don't get to play the imbecilic "post it again", please.

You were answered. Go find it.

You are drunk high or both. I did not ask a question you asked a question. I asked if you had a question percolating someplace. Obviously you don't. You just thought you did and have now forgotten what it was.

You were answered competently. Go look for the answer. End of it.