Public in Favor of Tough Immigration Reform

The Senate, which has never been an institution that particularly cares what the public wants, should pay attention to the results of this poll when they take up the immigration reform bill after their Easter recess:

Americans support building a security fence along the entire 2,000 mile U.S.- Mexican border by a landslide, a new Time magazine poll has found.

By a margin of 56 to 40 percent, respondents said they want the wall built from sea to shining sea - not just the 700 miles stipulated in the House plan, a proposal the press calls "draconian."

In more evidence that the American people want a tougher crackdown on illegal immigration than anything favored by Congress or the media, 62 percent told Time that they favored using the military to guard the border. Just 35 percent opposed.

But the poll's biggest shocker may be on the question of deporting illegals back to their native country, an option that politicians and the press say is out of the question.

Time found, however, that 47 percent of those surveyed actually favor deporting "all illegal immigrants." 49 percent were opposed.

With millions of people marching in favor of illegal immigration and waving Mexican flags in the process, it wouldn't surprise me if those results become increasingly more lopsided in the coming weeks. How do you think Joe Average American is going to react when he sees this sign that was spotted during yesterday's march in Dallas (h/t Little Green Footballs):



Yeah, that will win them a lot of support among the pale faces.