National Journal's Ron Brownstein
writes that Obama is going to allow to remain in the U.S. as many of the recent flood of juveniles and women "seeking asylum" as he is able. Brownstein adds:
After the Senate passed bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform that included a pathway to citizenship in 2013, House Republicans shelved it—just as they did a similar bipartisan bill Bush helped shoulder through the Senate in 2006.
Polls consistently find broad support for such a package: In a Pew Research Center survey this week, 63 percent of whites, 71 percent of African-Americans, and 85 percent of Hispanics said those here illegally should be granted legal status after meeting certain requirements.
Meanwhile, John Hinderaker of
Power Line quotes Rasmussen Reports as follows:
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 59% of Likely U.S. Voters believe the primary focus of any new immigration legislation passed by Congress should be to send the young illegal immigrants back home as quickly as possible. Just 27% say it should focus instead on making it easier for these illegal immigrants to remain in the United States. Fourteen percent (14%) are undecided.
One of these polls is dead wrong, my gut says Pew is wrong and Rasmussen is right. I suspect Pew of wording the question in a way to elicit the answer boss Andy Kohut wanted, he's a liberal squish and a favorite of the
PBS News Hour.
