'This administration has made it clear it cannot be trusted'

A new Rasmussen Reports survey shows the American people are getting increasingly frustrated with what they see as the government’s lax enforcement of immigration laws, but a defiant administration and deep-pocketed lobbyists on the other side of the debate make major changes very unlikely anytime soon. 


On Monday, Rasmussen released a new survey on immigration, and a solid majority of Americans disagree with the president on virtually all the critical questions.


Eighty-three percent believe applicants should have to prove they are in the country legally before receiving any federal, state or local services.


Sixty-two percent say deportation is not aggressive enough in the U.S., 10 points higher than a year ago.


Just 16 percent think it’s too aggressive. Fifteen percent think it’s just right.


Birthright citizenship is also unpopular. Fifty-four percent of those polled oppose automatic citizenship for any baby born in the U.S. to parents who are here illegally, while 38 percent like the current policy. In direct repudiation of President Obama’s November actions, 51 percent of those surveyed say illegals should not be immune from deportation just because they have a child with legal standing in the U.S.


Border security advocates are not surprised by the results.


“The real reason you see this increase in hawkishness on immigration is that this administration has been so bad,” said Center for Immigration Studies Executive Director Mark Krikorian, noting the Obama administration has released tens of thousands of criminal illegal aliens back onto American streets and made life much tougher for local authorities to enforce immigration laws.


He also said Obama is soft on the issue and is “not committed to American sovereignty.”


“So when you have that kind of situation, even people who have kind of ambivalent or a little bit squishy views, are going to harden their views,” Krikorian said.


He said American attitudes toward Obama on immigration all come down to one critical issue.
“If you want a way to resolve our immigration mess … you need an administration that can earn the trust of the people on this issue. This administration has made it clear it cannot be trusted,” Krikorian said.


So do the lopsided poll numbers mean a major push is coming soon to address benefits, birthright citizenship, deportations and more?


Don’t bet on it.


“When you get down to brass tacks, the people willing to pay lobbyists to deliver the giant bags of money to congressmen to sway their votes, those people are all on the side of looser enforcement and more immigration,” Krikorian explained.


“[Eighty-three] percent of Americans who don’t want illegal immigrants to get welfare don’t have lobbyists, but the National Council of La Raza has lobbyists,” he said. “People who want better enforcement don’t have lobbyists, but the farmers and the corporate interests that don’t want more enforcement, they do have lobbyists and give giant, giant amounts of money to influence policy.”


Krikorian also believes the numbers prove Republicans in Congress could have been far more aggressive in opposing funding for Obama’s unilateral efforts to legalize more than five million illegal immigrants in the recent appropriations fight over the Department of Homeland Security.


He said the key to winning the fight is to not sound “fringy.” Krikorian thinks leaders just needed to look to their most passionate member for a winning argument.
“Senator Jeff Sessions, for instance, from Alabama, has done a phenomenal job over the past several years of framing the message in a non-scary, constructive but pro-American worker fashion that the Republican leadership has just not taken advantage of,” Krikorian said.


“The old joke is that the Democrats are the evil party and the Republicans are the stupid party,” he said. “Unfortunately, the leadership of the Republican Party is proving that joke to be true.”


Krikorian believes immigration enforcement is actually better than it was at the time of the Sept. 11 attacks. He said even the Obama administration has done better work at the border while internal enforcement has been horrible, but he is hopeful things will get better if the right person is elected to succeed Obama.


“Two steps forward and one step back is still moving in the right direction,” Krikorian said. “What we need to do is keep pushing and try to push for better outcomes from the next administration.”


(That will NEVER happen so long as the criminal USA CORPORATION under Soros/Kissinger/GHW Bush, McCain, Clintons, et al are ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN POWER. The corporation and all of its criminal departments and employees MUST BE REMOVED – BY FORCE IF NECESSARY.)


http://www.wnd.com/2015/04/62-of-americans-want-u-s-to-deport-illegals/


AMERICA – TAKE YOUR COUNTRY BACK OUT OF THE CONTROL OF YOUR ENEMIES.