A very interesting post from lbp.action@yahoo.com about Kentucky's polling on immigration reform. Remember, the state's two Senators are Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Tea Party Favorite Rand Paul. This follows this post about the true demographics of the 2012 presidential election. This follows this post about the release of illegal immigrant felons from prison by ICE. This follows this post about how to Report Illegal Immigrants! For more about what is happening in the nation now click here and you can read the two very interesting books that are 
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POLL: KENTUCKY VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY REJECT
KEY PARTS OF SENATE IMMIGRATION BILL
The state's Republicans (about 40% of the voters) are so strongly opposed to so many parts of S. 744, that a Republican official who supports the bill would be inviting a Primary challenge. And Independents (about a fifth of the voters) are almost as strongly opposed as are Republicans.
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No. 1 Objection: Only 8% of likely voters agree with the bill's increase of total immigration.
In 1990, Congress increased immigration above the traditional average of around 3 million a decade to around 10 million. S. 744 would triple that in the first decade to 33 million. The poll shows virtually no support for any kind of increase, let alone one of that magnitude.
Only 10% of Democrats in the state believe immigration should be increased. Only 4% of Republicans.
During Judiciary Committee markup of the bill, Sen. Sessions argued that Congress ought to be reducing immigration, not increasing it at this time. He was ridiculed in the mainstream media for making an argument far out of the mainstream. But Sen. Sessions' conclusion that immigration is too high is state voters' most popular choice among options of too low, too high or about right.
64% of Republicans indicate that current immigration of 1 million a year is too high.
"Too high" is also the top choice of the state's men, women, whites, blacks, every educational level, Democrats, Independents, Evangelicals, Protestants, Catholics and people of no religion.
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No. 2 Objection: Only 21% of likely voters agree that the nation is in danger of labor shortages and needs more immigrant workers.
The main point of most of S. 744 is to increase foreign workers for occupations up and down the skill ladder. Sen. Sessions argued in committee that it makes no sense to offer 33 million lifetime work permits in the first decade after the bill when 20 million Americans who want a full-time job still can't find one. Kansas voters strongly support Sen. Sessions on that point.
72% of the state's voters disagree with the need for more immigrant workers while21% agree.
There is virtually no passionate feeling for the bill's insistence on more foreign workers.
45% STRONGLY disagree while only 7% STRONGLY agree. The passion ratio is 6-1 against the bill on this point.
No demographic group -- education, religion, age, race, political, gender -- agrees with the Gang of Eight's assessment of a shortage of American workers.
80% of Republicans (and 77% of Independents) disagree with more immigrant workers.
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No. 3 Objection: Only 18% of likely voters agree with the bill's offering work permits to illegal immigrants before implementing enforcement measures at the workplace and border.
The Judiciary Committee rejected several amnedments to require some or all of the enforcement promises in the bill to occur before the 11 million illegal aliens are given legalization and work permits. 25% of the state's voters on another question answered that they support giving work permits to illegal immigrant workers at some time, but a significant percentage of them are opposed to doing so until "enforcement at the borders and workplace must be implemented first."
80% of Republicans chose enforcement-first before even "considering" giving work permits, while 9% supported the bill's work permits first.
Independents favored enforcement-first by 67% to 20%.
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