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I do believe there are
some people “in the
middle” of these two
sides that truly do
want to find a solution
to an issue that has
been festering since
1986, the last time an
immigration solution
was agreed upon and
put into Law. Of all
people, the standard
bearer of the Conservative Movement at that
time, and a man I admired, signed this bill into
law. It was President Ronald Wilson Reagan.
Today, Conservative candidates and voters bring
Reagan up all the time and love to say “how much
like him they are”, at the same time, they are the
most ardent challengers to finding a common
sense solution on this issue. A solution, that like
Ronald Reagan and the Congress at that time
concluded, had to consider the human aspect
behind the “numbers of undocumented.”
The bottom line is that solving this is NOT “Rocket
Science” and it also involves “economics, jobs,
and national security.” The immigration issue
overall includes all these three things within it
and many different individuals, organizations,
and think tanks, both Liberal and Conservative
ones, have 4 – 5 point plans that would solve it.
Donald Trump is the consummate showman
(a clown may be a better description),
unfortunately, he is an effective showman and
knows exactly which buttons to push. He is
leading in the Republican Party according to
polls. Thankfully, it is still a minority percentage
of the overall Republican voting block. Last year,
as he launched his campaign, he disparaged
immigrants hailing from Mexico. A not so
smart showman I guess, for he must not know
that 64% of the Hispanic immigrants hail from
Mexico.
So what is wrong with his “we’ll deport them
all” way of solving this issue? Can you just
see it? Immigration officers or whatever force
is needed rounding up the estimated 12
million undocumented individuals, of all races,
nationalities, and creeds? How will that be
done? Do we have enough buses, trains, and
airplanes to do such a thing? Will we use the
merchant marine fleet, cruise liners, and other
ships to transport some to Europe, Asia, Africa,
and all the other continents that “the illegal
invaders” (another disparaging term many of his
followers like to use) hail from?
Such a ridiculous “solution” is not only impossible,
it is not what a proud nation of immigrants like
the United States of America will likely conduct.
I am sure him and his followers know that
among the estimated 12 million people that
are here illegally, there are thousands of US
Citizen children, teens and adults. Many of
these children, have never been to the country
their parents hail from. For a group of people
that claim to be all about the “rule of law” (they
use this term to justify their hard core approach
to this issue), are they ok with deporting these
children too or that such families will be forever
broken up?
Should we not be able to come up with a better
solution than that? One that considers that
human aspect behind the numbers?
In June of last year, a bi-partisan poll of Hispanic
voters was conducted for Univision Noticias
by Bendixen & Amandi International and the
Tarrance Group:
Some key results include:
79% of respondents consider Trump’s comments
offensive. Only 18% don’t consider them that
way. As a result, 71% have an unfavorable
opinion of Trump, only 17% have a favorable
opinion, and 12% have no opinion of him. If the
Republican primaries and caucuses were held
then, Trump would receive just 7% of Hispanic
Republicans’ votes, Jeb Bush 38%, Marco Rubio
22%, and Ted Cruz 12%. If presidential elections
were held then, Hillary Clinton would easily beat
Trump among Hispanic voters. She would get
70% of their votes and Trump 16%.
A solid majority of Hispanic voters approve the
decision made by Univision, NBC, Macy’s, and
other entities to break business ties with Trump
over his comments about Mexican immigrants.
74% of respondents agree with that decision
and only 19% disagree.
Here are a few other interesting figures from that
poll, bear in mind, it was taken in June of last
year, but, and this is solely my personal opinion,
the percentages are probably not that much
different:
If the election had taken place at that time:
Hillary Clinton would obtain 64% of the Hispanic
votes and her closest Republican rival, former
Florida Governor Jeb Bush, would receive 27%.
16% of the voters interviewed identify
themselves as being Republicans while 58% say
they are Democrats.
Only 36% have a favorable opinion of the
Republican Party while 52% are favorable
toward the Democratic Party.
The survey allows one to infer that many
Hispanic voters are receptive to ideas from
the aspiring Republicans. For example, 32%
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