A conservative author and commentator says a new public opinion poll of Mexican nationals is further evidence that granting amnesty to illegal aliens encourages more unlawful border crossings by "wage thieves" who steal American jobs.
The survey by Zogby International finds that adults in Mexico think granting legal status to illegal immigrants in the United States would encourage more illegal immigration to the U.S. A clear majority of people in Mexico (56 percent) thought giving legal status to illegal aliens in the United States would make it more likely that people they know would go to the U.S. illegally. Also, 69 percent of people in Mexico thought that the primary loyalty of Mexican-Americans should be to Mexico. Just 20 percent said it should be to the United States. Phil Kent, national spokesman for Americans for Immigration Control, says the poll confirms that granting amnesty will only increase the country's illegal immigration problem. "It's absolutely incredible to think that all of these Mexicans just want to come here -- but on the other hand," he says, "you could argue, 'Who would want to blame them?' It's the land of milk and honey...." And the border status, he adds, does little to dissuade those who want to cross over. "...Eight years after 9/11 [we still] have weak border controls and people jumping their visas without verification," Kent points out. "So, it's entirely understandable that we have to continue to have more border enforcement, more border control, more workplace verification. The poll just speaks for itself -- we have got to tighten up." Another key finding in the Zogby poll was that 69 percent of people in Mexico felt that the Mexican government should represent the interests of Mexican-Americans in the United States.
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