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Reprinted
from NewsMax.com
Saturday, May 13, 2006 9:32 a.m. EDT
Poll:
Wide Support for National Guard Border
Plan
A
Time magazine poll taken last month
shows that Americans overwhelmingly
favor deploying the National Guard to
the U.S.-Mexican border - an idea that
is expected to be the centerpiece of
President Bush speech to the nation on
immigration reform Monday night.
62
percent of those surveyed told Time
that they would back a plan to
militarize the border. Just 35 percent
opposed.
56
percent told Time that they would
favor building a wall across the
entire U.S.-Mexican border - not the
just 700 miles of fencing proposed in
a plan passed by the House in
December. Only 40 percent opposed.
Asked
if President Bush should take
"whatever steps [are] necessary
to guard the border," 71 percent
of Republicans said yes, along with 54
percent of Democrats.
It's
not clear, however, whether the Bush
speech will touch on building a border
fence, although the Real ID Act -
which the White House supported -
funded the completion of a border
fence in
California
.
A
full 75 percent told Time that
illegals should be denied government
supplied health care and food stamps,
with only 21 percent saying they
should get those benefits. More than
two thirds, 69 percent, say illegals
shouldn't be allowed to get
U.S.
drivers licenses.
58
percent of Republicans favored
"deporting all illegal
immigrants," Time said, with 45
percent of Democrats agreeing.
Support
for tough border enforcement may be
even higher than the Time poll
indicated, since their survey sample
was comprised of 32 percent Democrats,
25 percent Independents and just 28
percent Republicans.
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