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Arizona Law Still Popular Among Many Americans

June 23, 2010 by  

Arizona law still popular among many AmericansAs the Federal government tries to mount a legal challenge to the controversial Arizona immigration law, a new poll has found that a majority of Americans continue to support the measure, in line with some of the early polls that were conducted shortly after it was passed in April.

According to a newly released Washington Post-ABC poll, a total of 58 percent of respondents support the law, which would give local police new powers to demand ID from individuals who they "reasonably suspect" of being in the United States illegally.

The news source specifies that the survey further found that Republicans and independents are the strongest supporters of the bill, while Democrats—especially those who belong to minority groups—are most adamantly against it.

The poll also suggests that slightly more than half of Americans disapprove of President Obama’s handling of border control issues.

Ever since the bill passed and was signed into law by Governor Jan Brewer, civil rights advocates have warned it may open the door to racial profiling of minorities and may thus be unconstitutional.

Despite the uproar and mounting legal challenges, it is expected to come into effect at the end of July. ADNFCR-1961-ID-19847632-ADNFCR

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  • Robin, Arcadia, IN

    Arizonians, you are a brave bunch. Stand strong. You have a lot of support from other states.

  • robert tubear

    i am all for closeing the borders unless they want to come here the right way. besides it will help national security and help cut down on drugs comeing in

  • Vladimir Rasshivkin

    DO AHEAD ARIZONA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!WE WITH YOU. NOT WAY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS!!!!

  • ticked off

    Hillery wants to sue AZ, she said it over in another country the other day, she is with the mexicans and they will take over the country.Clinton helped get this country the way it is, spending money like there was no tomorrow and allowing the aliens in giving them all kinds of Gov.programs but let a white American try to get on the programs no way can you..The Social Security was invented for seniors not the way it is being used now.We all forget that.The seniors need to be givien back this money that rightfully belongs to them and not the aliens that come in here.I say good for AZ.. I am all for them they have my backing 1000%..

  • http://none Henry Stumpf

    Those Americans who know what “ILLEGAL” means are for Arizona.
    The rest????????????

  • M.L.

    sorry i got a little exciuted, mean t toi write reimbursement.

  • M.L.

    here, here!!!! let’s tell the illegal aliens they are not going to pay a small fine if they the DUMB GOV. tries to keep them here, instead each state wants reembersement of the billions they owe us.

  • Otto Johansen

    I was thinking that maybe what Arizona (and any other state, for that matter) should do with the illegal aliens they collect is ship them all to Washington DC. Maybe then those bums in the government will begin to get a clue about what kind of problem we have in this country. As long as the rest of us only gripe, nothing will change.

  • Charles Walts

    Every city, county, and state in the union needs to start playing Obama’s game — overwhelm and conquor — by passing legislation that will put an end to illegal immigration. Obama refuses to take action to protect our borders because he thinks he will lose in his bid to grant amnesty to 20 million illegal scofflaws. He’s trying to hold Arizona, and America, hostage to his grandiose “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” ideas. It’s another one of his infamous BP shakedowns. Like Fremont, NE, “We the People” can make the jobs dry up by requiring e-verify. We can make the illegal aliens go home by denying all of the social services they seek but are not entitled to. Obama and our federal government will not act so the collective states should. WE can get it done!

  • Fred Andethel

    We commend you,brave Arizonans for standing up against this oppressive regime.They are posing as defenders of illegal aliens while trampling on the rights of the law abiding citizens of your state-solely for the purpose of bartering for democratic votes.Citizens who love this nation have spoken out in support of Arizona from coast to coast.It is time for the state governments to stand up and show solidarity with Arizona before this president abuses his authority by attempting to legalize those who show utter contempt for the sovereignty of the United States.

  • M.L.

    you are so right Rick. Bobinpa also mentioned unamerican, how true. For instance when it comes to the border, it dosen’t seem to matter that 2,000 Americans are being murdered per year by the illegals,something that does not faze Obummer, HE NEEDS HIS VOTES that’s all that matters. And the McCrystal deal, well let’s see when he asked for more troops because our men and women were being killed it took Obummer four months to respond with less troops than were asked for. The Louisiana disaster took him nine days to even respond and on and on. But insult him and he jumps on it immediately.

  • Rick

    I heard that Mexico is filing a lawsuit to challenge the Arizona law. I believe that Arizona should compromise and adopt the Mexican immigration laws verbatum, which are ten times more draconian than the Arizona law. If the law is identical to theirs, then they should have no objections. That is known as reciprocity.

  • thefedupamerican

    Yes polls are still with Arizona…in spite of a relentless campaign by the Obama administration, his alcolytes in the “social justice” biz and his media syncophants claiming that Arizonans are RACIST! Send money to the AZ defense fund today! http://www.thefedupamerican.com

  • bobinpa.

    “SOCIALISM” is a philosophy of FAILURE, the creed of IGNORANCE, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of MISERY.

    • CathieO

      Wow! Good one. I’m writing that down!

  • Bill Kay

    Thats broader picture, and nothing to take back. sorry about that. No MERCY GET THIS SLUDGE OUT OF THE GOVT AND THE U.S.A.

  • Bill Kay

    Points to be made. #1 the govt/regime wants it this way. # 2 It will never change until the regime is changed. #3 the overall plan is SOCIALISM /worse . # 4 the method is bankrupt the U.S.A . SUPPORT SB 1070 , all states should adopt this new law . The country is being undermined from from every angle, look at the broder picture , exactely what is going right sience our savior has taken power, ha get an idia , in short this is Bull crapola , we must fight to take our country back before there is nothing to trake back.

  • bobinpa.

    J.E. NEAL- Thank You for bringing up Bush and McCain. I voted for both of them, because the alternative was “UN-AMERICAN”. But BOTH of them have to take their share of the blame for what is happening on our Southwest Border. I changed my voting registration from Republican to Conservative. I want Pennsylvania to adopt Gov. Jen Brewers Arizona Law. I can’t believe that some people equate the Criminal, Parasite, Scum coming across that border to the Immigrants that came to our beloved country in the early part of the last century. And this useless Raghead Commie, POS we have in the White House now, we don’t even know if he’s an American. Those Illegal
    aliens coming across from Mexico are Foreign Nationals. If they have a weapon they should be Shot.

  • s c

    Watch your backs, Arizonans. When you try to do the job that government REFUSES to do, you’d better assume that you have targets on your backs. When you make a prez look bad [NO ONE can make that clown look 'good'], media types will line up to use free speech against you.
    As far as I’m concerned, go for the throat, Arizona. You have nothing to lose, and neither do the other states. UNCLE SCAM IS INSANE. To hell with what this administration ‘thinks.’ They couldn’t think their way out of a toilet, let alone get things done in a timely fashion OR protect the Constitution.
    Unless or until you get hundreds of trained military personnel on your southern border, stick a fist in Uncle Scam’s face, and tell the BASTARD that crap works BOTH ways. This is AMERICA, and it’s trime for traitors and their pals to crawl under a rock. UP with Arizona, and DOWN with Washington.

    • Al Sieber

      Just heard on Ariz. news that they’re sniping law enforcement officers from the other side of the border. the officers are told not to go out alone. this really pi$$es me off that this president would let police officers and civilians be murdered to further his goals. he is a sorry pathetic traitor to the U.S.

  • Al Sieber

    I’m glad our governor signed this bill into law, but I fear the Obama admin. is gonna file a lawsuit against Ariz. these are not the same people that came here for work, these are violent criminals. do you believe most border checks are 60 miles N. of the border? I can’t believe they’re letting this happen in the USA. I think all hell is gonna break loose here soon.

    • JC

      I’m with you Al.
      I had a good chuckle this morning on the way to work.
      An F350 pulling a good sized camper trailer passed me and on the back there was a bumper sticker that said (in really big letters)

      “If OBAMA is the Answer
      It must have been a REALLY STUPID Question”

      I chuckled for the next 10 minutes over that one :)

  • lowell lantry

    az should counter sue the obama gang for not inforceing our countrys law`s .go az it`s time all states folllow suit!

    • J. E. Neal

      HERE, HERE!!! My sympathies exactly. The Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations should all have been sued for not fulfilling their responsibilites to protect the citizens of the US. I am so tired of each successive president whining about the previous one. If they wanted to whine why did they take the job????

  • C.Carrion

    I strongly support the Arizona law and hope the governor does not back down. We are law enforcement in our home, and what they don’t tell you is a large (over 30%) of the inmates in our prison system are illegal aliens. They are also afforded free health care through our emergency rooms, they’re children receive free education. They are not coming here to help ‘build’ our country, if they were they would do what immigrants in the past did, they would go through the proper channels to obtain their citizenship, they would learn the language and the way of life here. They would not fly their old countries fly above ours. The individuals this law is aiming at are the drug and gun runners, human traffickers, and those that help terrorists slip through our borders unchecked. It doesn’t help that the president and his administration refuse to let the border patrols have access to the federal lands that these people are using at an alarming rate to gain access to this country.

    • artinthewild

      I live 3 miles from the Border of Mexico. Many of the Americans of Mexican descent agree with Arizona. They have nothing to hide. As for profiling, I don’t see how that can be helped. It would be a waste of time to ask for an ID from me, this is when the air lines are forced to pull old ladies out to search them to keep from profiling the Arabs and other mid eastern people. You know it is all this political correctness that is ruining our country. I am sick and tired of that. Get real, our country is being ruined by that.

      • I M

        Artinthewild You got that right.

  • Colo43

    Obama and his dishonest democratic crew want them in,Its votes to secure their positions.
    It does not matter how much more $$$ is spent on supporting them with benefits and welfare payments.
    all they know is, its beneficial to their rotten cause.
    We need to remove them all- to many years in office for the majority of them, they look down on the American public as pe’ons, and vote against us every bend in the road.
    out with The “Devil” and his lot.

  • B. J. Richardson

    I fully support what Gov. Brewer and my fellow Americans have done in Arizonia. If the idiots on the hill would get off their butts and follow the LAW we would not be having this issue.

    • John Brubaker

      I hardily agree with B. J. Richardson’s comment Arizona should not have had to pass such a law. Immagration laws should be enforced by the Federal Government. I really don’t understand their thinking on this issue. They have allowed the illegals to come in here and work like we still had a manuacturing economy and needed lots of low priced labor. Yes I said allowed! How many times has, I think it’s HWY 5, in Southern Calfornia was closed down in broad daylight because there so many illegals coming across the border that they caused a traffic hazard. I would really love for someone to tell me why the Border Patrol was not out there to stop them, and this did not just once or twice it happened many times.

      • I M

        The reason Arizona was forced to create their own law was because the Obama administration does not want to stop the illegals. This way he can give them amnesty and get a whole bunch of votes for himself the next election.

      • Martha

        I agree. Obama wants to be a one world president and he can’t do it if he doesn’t give amnesty to all of the illegals in our country. Unfortunately that also gives amnesty to some terrorists that found their way via Mexico too, I’m afraid. There is a reason why Obama doesn’t seem bothered by his low approval ratings: He believes that he can “fix” the next election to become the ONLY candidate by first, amnesty to all. Then he’ll grant voting rights to all prisoners (regardless of state laws), then he’ll reapportion the districts with his fixed census results to make sure areas that are predominately democrat will pick up lots more representation. There we have it! Just like any other third world country (that he’s close to making ours) where he changes all laws and like always ignores any law he doesn’t want to follow and just goes off and does his own thing. Mr World Dictator take your Throne!

        That’s why I think the mid-term elections are so very important. If we can change a very large number of sycophants of Obama’s then with some persons with huge amounts of common sense, we can wipe out a lot of his most unfortunate laws and mistakes he’s made so he’ll not have a second term to go on beating us all down with his elitist socialism and progressivism. It just might save us all and our way of living and working in our country.

      • Martha

        Oh, did I forget to say that I lived in Arizona for many years and know many persons there that are scared out of their boots? If Texas would just follow suit (yes, I lived there for over 25 years too) it’d make a start to closing down the open border this Washington crowd has given them.

        Wonder if, with all the screaming about all of the “unfair” number of minority race criminals in prisons (even though they did the crimes) if they don’t see that even more of them will be there with the free flow (make that PROTECTED free flow) of even more drugs will just up the number in our prisons until they’ll just overflow with ‘em?

  • A.White

    I think that the Arizona Law is great…we have way too many Americans that are without jobs right now and we have these people who are here illegaly. Yes America was considered the Melting Pot but the people who came over before did things the right way. These people crossing the boarder are not. It would be a different story if they chose to come over here and get in America the correct way.

    • E. Roberts

      I think the Arizona law is wonderful, not because I am against immigration, simply because if folks want to come here, let them do it legally. It’s not my job to support every Tom, Dick, and Mary who wants to come to the US, I have enough to do to support my own family. The USA is a country, it has laws and borders for a reason. I say, “Hurray for Arizona” – there are still some common sense government type people out there. Stand firm.

  • http://www.regwatson.com r.a. watson, tasmania.

    There is no debate, homosexual marriages should not be recognised. It makes a mockery of marriage. All what is happening is that you are adding to the decadence of the US. It will do nothing to build the country up.

    • http://personalliberty Richard La Fata

      R.A. WATSON, YOU BIBLE FREEK! HOMO MARRAGES SHOULD BE THE LAST OF YOUR WORRY? HOW ABOUT THE MUSLINS FREEKS THAKING OVER THE USA, AND OUR PRESIDENT PUSHING FOR ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT?

      • http://naver samurai

        First, settle down! Second, don’t forget that our founding fathers believed in God, so what’s your point about being a Bible freak? Are you one of those stupid atheist types? Let’s not talk about the muslims, it isn’t the topic at hand. Do you support what Arizona is doing? Do you think your state should do the same thing?

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