An immigration reform organization says a new survey reveals that two-thirds of the American people believe illegal immigrants are a major strain on the U.S. budget.
The recent survey from Rasmussen Reports reveals that the federal budget and deficit is shaping up to be a major factor for this year's mid-term elections. In addition, says the survey, voter attitudes opposing illegal immigration and lax enforcement standards are one of the driving forces behind the budget issue, as about 66 percent of voters feel the availability of government money and services draws illegal immigrants to the United States.Ira Mehlman, media director for the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), believes the survey reveals that the American public is quite adept at recognizing the obvious. "The American public is aware of the fact that illegal immigration does not provide cheap labor, it provides subsidized labor -- and that more often than not it is they, the American public, who are doing the subsidizing," he explains. The survey also showed that 68 percent of respondents believe that gaining control of the border is more important than legalizing the status of illegal aliens already living in the United States. So the FAIR media director concludes this is not the time for President Obama to be pushing amnesty. "Right now we have the federal government running a trillion-and-a-half-dollar deficit. We have state budgets on the brink of disaster. This is an awful time for the president to even be discussing this," Mehlman contends. "What he ought to be doing is enforcing our laws [and] protecting the interests of the American public, both workers and taxpayers." Mehlman says FAIR plans to keep the pressure on elected officials, encouraging them to vote against any amnesty bill (see related article).
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