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Georgia Poll Shows Huge Opposition To Obama\u2019s Amnesty<\/strong><\/p>\n Neil Munro Registered voters in Georgia overwhelmingly oppose amnesty when asked about immigration\u2019s impact on American jobs, according to a new poll.<\/p>\n Ninety percent of Republicans and 70 percent of Democrats said that Americans \u201cshould get the future jobs in Georgia\u201d prior to the hiring of foreign workers.<\/p>\n Only 5.3 percent of Republicans say jobs should go to the cheapest workers, either Americans or foreign. This compares to 12.8 percent of Democrats and 16.2 percent of independents who say the same.<\/p>\n Those answers contradict the conventional media portrayal of GOP voters as anti-worker, and highlight the growing GOP focus on the lower-income workers who strongly oppose wage-cutting immigration. That populist trend helped businessman David Purdue win his Senate seat in 2014, despite his conflict with the state\u2019s Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n The poll of 743 registered voters in Georgia was conducted Feb. 10 and 11 by Rosetta Stone Communications for the Atlanta-based Dustin Inman Society, which favors reduced immigration.<\/p>\n 17 Republicans That Are Actually Celebrities The answers showed \u201cthe majority of Georgians comprehend the connection of employment and wages to the importation of large numbers of foreign workers and incrementally deferring to legally dubious [November] executive amnesty decrees from Barack Obama,\u201d King said.<\/p>\n The poll also showed lopsided support for a pending state bill that prevent illegals in Georgia from getting drivers\u2019 licenses.<\/p>\n Several recent polls on immigration and jobs have shown strong public support for the pro-American demand that companies hire Americans before hiring new immigrants.<\/p>\n But progressive and business pollsters showcase rival pro-immigration responses in polls that highlight America\u2019s tradition of immigration. Most of those polls, however, also show strong opposition to illegal immigration among white, black and Latino voters.<\/p>\n The new Georgia poll was released as Democrats and the media pressure GOP legislators to accept Obama\u2019s unpopular decision to change immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n Under his November amnesty, Obama\u2019s deputies would end enforcement of immigration law for nearly all 12 million illegal immigrants, and also give work permits, tax bonuses, Social Security numbers, plus a quick path to citizenship, to four million of the illegals.<\/p>\n The GOP-drafted 2015 budget for the Department of Homeland Security bars any spending to implement Obama\u2019s amnesty.<\/p>\n So far, all 46 Democratic senators have blocked any debate on the budget bill<\/p>\n Democrats and the media are trying to blame the standoff on the GOP\u2019s opposition to the unpopular and arguably illegal amnesty, which may be blocked this week by a pending lawsuit in Texas. For example, a New York Times Feb. 16 article said the GOP bill would \u201crevoke legal protections for millions of unauthorized immigrants, including children, and put them at risk of deportation.\u201d<\/p>\n Partly because of pro-business priorities, GOP leaders in the Senate have been reluctant to push back against the Democratic effort to import more foreign workers.<\/p>\n Since 2009, Democratic immigration policies have flooded the U.S. labor market with roughly 11 million extra foreign workers, despite high U.S unemployment. Since 2000, the federal government has added two foreign workers for every new job in the economy.<\/p>\n That\u2019s had a huge impact on the labor market and on Americans\u2019 middle-class wages.<\/p>\n In November 2014, one in every five U.S. jobs was held by a foreign-born worker, up from one-in-six jobs in January 2010, according to federal data highlighted by the Center for Immigration Studies.<\/p>\n Each year, four million young Americans begin competing for jobs against at least 10 million unemployed Americans, against roughly 2 million annual new immigrants and against a resident pool of roughly two million guest-workers.<\/p>\n However, GOP leaders and 2016 presidential candidates are reluctant to engage in the battle over immigration and work.<\/p>\n That\u2019s partly because major business donors strongly support increased immigration of of government-subsidized foreign customers and workers.<\/p>\n The Georgia poll showed that Americans overwhelmingly favor tougher enforcement of immigration laws.<\/p>\n Only 20 percent of respondents favored legalization of illegals, while 62 percent favored their repatriation.<\/p>\n The poll showed 65 percent of respondents believe the government is not doing enough to enforce immigration laws. Only 10 percent of respondents said the federal government is doing too much, while 12 percent said the government is enforcing the laws \u201cjust right.\u201d<\/p>\n The Georgia poll was partly intended to show public support for a bill that would end the practice of giving drivers\u2019 licenses to illegals.<\/p>\n This practice has the support of business groups, because they allow the lower-wage illegals to compete for jobs sought by Americans, and progressive groups, because they help increase the illegal immigration of government-dependent clients into American communities.<\/p>\n The pending bill is being pushed by Republican state Sen. Joshua McKoon.<\/p>\n The poll showed that 63.6 percent of voters, including 80 percent of Republicans and 68.5 percent of independents \u2014 but only 37.4 percent of Democrats \u2013 support legislation that would stop the state\u2019s practice of giving drivers\u2019 licenses to illegals.<\/p>\n The drivers\u2019 license reform is opposed by only 15 percent of Republicans and independents apiece, as well as 33.7 percent of Democrats.<\/p>\n A similar push was successful in Oregon last November, when 66 percent of voters in the Democratic-leaning state passed an amendment reversing a state law granting licenses to illegals. \u201cAll you have to look at is what happened in Oregon\u2026 I think that\u2019s the sentiment of the American people,\u201d Sen. Johnny Isakson said Nov. 18, according to the Marietta Daily Journal.<\/p>\n But \u201cmany GOP state senators are doing almost comical verbal contortions trying to excuse their refusal to co-sponsor the [license] legislation,\u201d King told The Daily Caller.<\/p>\n The poll can help bypass the local media\u2019s ideological alliance with local business interests, King said. The established media \u201cin Republican-ruled Georgia is treating the entire mess with a cone of silence\u2026 No one here will be surprised if this poll goes unreported,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Georgia Chamber of Commerce, the Atlanta Metro Area Chamber of Commerce, Big Ag and the ACLU coalition are pretty sure they can prevent a floor vote by silently smothering the bill in the committee process,\u201d he told TheDC.<\/p>\n The state GOP is also trying to ignore the issue, he said. \u201cGeorgia has more illegal aliens than Arizona,and ranks number seven in the nation in that population\u2026 [and] we are watching the Republican leadership defer to Obama on amnesty,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u2018We have taken to calling them the Obama wing of the Georgia Republican Party,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n However, new media are helping the public recognize the costs of large-scale illegal immigration, he said.<\/p>\n Georgians are \u201clearning that illegal aliens are getting drivers licenses and other public benefits,\u201d King said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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