Monday, September 20, 2010

Valuing both aspects of Immigration is it really a clear cut picture?

Hello Monday,
In these past week I have been searching through some articles focusing around the American's public feelings towards immigration to see if the numbers of how people are polling is the 'real' feelings of Americans or if insincerity is misrepresenting some public polls. When I say insincerity, I mean people do not have a real opinion one way or another when it comes down to asking  One poll I came across seemed to scream insincerity. Here is the link 
The question itself is "Thinking about the issue of immigration, do you think the federal government's top priority should be securing the country's borders, or passing new immigration legislation, or should both be done at the same time"
Now I wont even go into how the polling was done which was through the telephone PLUS fox news was the primary pollster signaling a bias towards conservatism. Yet majority of the respondents said both. A clear indication that many really didn't have a strong opinion one way or another if the federal government's top priority is securing the country's border or even passing new legislation. But majority simply said both. For me this looked like many of the respondents used the easy 'both' as a real opinion yet it seemed more of a middle ground leaning towards not really having an opinion at all. What are your thoughts? Is this an example of insincerity or does the American public really want both as plausible solutions for illegal immigration?

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Labor day weekend with an interesting twist

Hey there folks! Hope you all have a great Labor Day weekend!! I actually have an interesting story for everyone. I had went to a music festival in Chicago called Northcoast, one of my favorite artist Benga was playing. Unfortuntely he was unable to play or even show up because he was being held at the border. Benga is a dubstep producer from London, however instead of playing in Chicago on Saturday he was stopped at the border for a reason not told to us other than a problem with immigration. I thought it was interesting that at a music festival that I got to see my issue happening right then and there. Check back for more interesting stories and articles!

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

An interesting view

Hey guys, I was reading through the Gallup site on some new articles and found one which is from the American's view of Immigration. Check it out n lemme know what you think.
The link is below:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/23623/Americans-Views-Immigration-Growing-More-Positive.aspx