SUPPORT GROWS FOR LEGALIZING OF ALIENS.Byline: Bill Hillburg Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - Most American voters support a limited legalization LEGALIZATION. The act of making lawful. 2. By legalization, is also understood the act by which a judge or competent officer authenticates a record, or other matter, in order that the same may be lawfully read in evidence. Vide Authentication. plan for undocumented immigrants who work and pay taxes, according to a poll released Tuesday by a labor union and a health care company. The scientific poll of 1,000 likely voters nationwide also showed strong support among Latino respondents for President George W. Bush's handling of immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. issues. Bush is expected to unveil his immigrant legalization plan during a Sept. 5 White House visit by Mexico's President Vicente Fox. ``The climate for legalization has never been better,'' said Eliseo Medina, executive vice president of the 1.4 million-member Service Employees International Union. Overall, 59 percent of those surveyed said they would support limited legalization, with 34 percent opposed and 7 percent venturing no opinion. Legalization was supported by 84 percent of Latino respondents, who made up 8 percent of those surveyed. African-American voters, accounting for 9 percent of respondents, gave an approval rating of 63 percent. Whites, who made up 80 percent of those polled, recorded an approval rating of 59 percent. When it came to Bush's overall performance on immigration issues, 45 percent of Latinos approved of the president's record, while 22 percent disapproved and 33 percent had no opinion. Whites were evenly split, with 30 percent approving and 30 percent disapproving Bush's record. Only 25 percent of African-Americans approved of Bush's handling of immigration. The SEIU SEIU Service Employees International Union SEIU Special Education Intake Unit SEIU Secondary Education Interdisciplinary Unit SEIU Software Engineering Institute Union , which has organized thousands of immigrant workers with its Justice for Janitors Justice for Janitors is a janitor organization movement and part of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Justice for Janitors started in Denver, Colorado in 1985. and other campaigns, paid for the survey along with San Francisco-based Catholic Healthcare West Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) is a California not-for-profit public benefit corporation that operates hospitals in California, Arizona, and Nevada[1]. As such, it is exempt from federal and state income taxes. , which owns and operates Glendale Adventist Medical Center Glendale Adventist Medical Center is located in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, California. It was founded in 1905. Glendale Adventist Medical Center is a sister institution of Loma Linda University Medical Center and is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist hospital system. , Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a hospital in the Northridge town of Los Angeles, California, USA. It is currently operated by Catholic Healthcare West. History The hospital was founded in 1955 by Dr. , San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. Medical Center and St. Mary Medical Center St. Mary Medical Center may refer to:
Respondents to the telephone poll, conducted Aug. 5-8, also set specific criteria for legalization. They urged that immigrants furnish proof that they have paid U.S. taxes, have no criminal record and have steady work. They also placed great emphasis on having all legalized immigrants learn English. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. It was conducted by Democratic Party pollster poll·ster n. One that takes public-opinion surveys. Also called polltaker. Word History: The suffix -ster is nowadays most familiar in words like pollster, jokester, huckster, and strategist Celinda Lake and Ed Goeas, a Republican Party survey specialist and consultant. Goeas said the survey showed Bush was beginning to win favor with Latino voters, who have heavily backed Democratic candidates in recent elections. Lake said that data was unavailable on Californians' responses to the survey. But she noted that overall trends were the same in every region of the country. Critics questioned the survey's results. ``I don't believe this poll. I think somebody's screwing with the numbers,'' said Glenn Spencer, president of the Sherman Oaks-based American Patrol and an advocate of tightened immigration controls. ``I wonder what the results would have been if the SEIU had asked, 'Are you in favor of amnesty for illegals?''' Spencer said Bush's legalization moves have reinvigorated immigration foes, who plan a Sept. 2 rally at the Beverly Garland Hotel in North Hollywood. ``We're disappointed in the president and we're still at war,'' he said. ``Proposition 187 was just the first shot.'' Other recent surveys on immigration issues have produced a mixed bag of responses. A July 18 Gallup Poll, which sampled 1,375 likely voters nationwide, found only 14 percent of respondents favoring increased immigration while 42 percent backed maintaining current levels and 41 percent backed a decrease. An April 17 Zogby Poll of California voters found 47 percent of respondents backing and 46 percent opposing a proposal to ask Gov. Gray Davis to advocate a reduction in immigration. The survey was commissioned by the Oakland-based Diversity Alliance for a Sustainable America, a group favoring stricter immigration controls. On Monday, the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). at Irvine and Pacific Opinions released a survey of 641 registered Orange County voters that found 57 percent in favor of a new guest worker program and 54 percent supporting an amnesty for undocumented immigrants. Also, an unscientific unscientific Unproven, see there phone-in survey conducted in July by the Daily News drew more than 5,000 calls, with 98 percent of respondents stating opposition to legalization for undocumented immigrants. |
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