Most voters oppose President Obama's
reported plan to unilaterally grant amnesty to several million illegal
immigrants and think Congress should challenge him in court if he goes ahead
with it.
A new Rasmussen Reports national
telephone survey finds that 62% of Likely U.S. Voters oppose the president
granting amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants without the approval of
Congress. Just 26% are in favor of Obama's plan, while 12% are undecided. (To
see survey question wording, click here.)
Only 24% think the president has the
legal authority to grant amnesty to these illegal immigrants without Congress’
approval. Fifty-seven percent (57%) believe the president does not have the
legal right to do so. Eighteen percent (18%) are undecided.
If the president does grant amnesty
to several million illegals, 55% of voters think Congress should challenge that
action in court. Thirty percent (30%) disagree, while 14% are undecided.
Fifty-five percent (55%) of voters
believe that when it comes to dealing with issues the president considers
important to the nation, the government should only do what the president and
Congress agree on. Thirty-five percent (35%) think
Obama should take action alone if Congress does not approve the initiatives he
has proposed. When it comes to his executive actions, a plurality (44%)
thinks Obama has been less faithful to the U.S. Constitution than most other
presidents.
Consistent with surveying for years,
two-out-of-three voters (67%) think securing the border to prevent future
illegal immigration should come before amnesty is granted for some illegal
immigrants already in this country. Just 26% believe amnesty should come first.
The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
was conducted on August 28-29, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of
sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field
work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse
Opinion Research, LLC.
Congressional Republicans
are already suing the president for changes he made in the new health
care law, saying he does not have the constitutional authority to
change legislation passed by Congress. Most voters agree the president does not have the
right to change laws without Congress’ approval, but they doubt the lawsuit
will stop him from acting on his own.
Most voters think the
president wants the latest wave of illegal immigrants to stay in this country despite majority
support for their quick deportation.
Forty-seven percent (47%) of
Democrats favor the president acting alone to grant amnesty to several million
illegal immigrants. Ninety percent (90%) of Republicans and 65% of voters not
affiliated with either party are opposed. Still, less than half of Democrats
(46%) think the president has the legal right to take such action.
Eighty-four percent (84%) of GOP
voters and 59% of unaffiliated voters think Congress should challenge the
president in court if he does grant this amnesty, but only 27% of Democrats
agree. Fifty-three percent (53%) of voters in the president's party oppose such
a lawsuit, but 20% are undecided about it.
However, 50% of Democrats agree with
88% of Republicans and 66% of unaffiliated voters that securing the border
should come before any amnesty.
Most voters across nearly all
demographic categories put securing the border first.
Fifty-seven
percent (57%) of all voters favor a comprehensive immigration reform plan that
would give legal status to those who entered the country illegally but have
otherwise obeyed the law – if the border is really secured to prevent future
illegal immigration. The problem for immigration
reformers is that only 33% think it’s even somewhat likely that the federal
government will actually secure the border, with seven percent (7%) who say
it’s Very Likely.
Sixty-one percent (61%) of
Mainstream voters think Congress should challenge the president in court if he
goes through with his amnesty plan, but just 37% of the Political Class
agree.
Seventy-nine percent (79%) of all
voters have been following recent news reports about the president and illegal
immigration, including 42% who have been following Very Closely.
Immigration reform is just one of
many issues that Obama and Republicans in Congress publically disagree on. But just 20% of voters think the opposition between the
two is mostly due to honest differences of opinion, while 69% say it’s mostly due to partisan politics. Yet on most major policy issues, our surveying
regularly finds that there is a wide difference of opinion between Democratic
and Republican voters.
Sixty-seven percent (67%) of all
voters say America
is a more divided nation than it was four years ago, and they think both sides are to blame.
Additional information from this survey and a full demographic breakdown are available to Platinum Members only.
Source:http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/august_2014/voters_strongly_oppose_obama_s_amnesty_plan_for_illegal_immigrants
Comments
Immigration needs to stop until our 92
million Americans without jobs are employed.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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