Most US People Ask for New Immigration Laws Washington, Apr 8 (Prensa Latina) The majority of US citizens believe immigration laws should be changed and the current legislative system is deficient and should be amended, the Lake Snell Perry Mermin & Associates and The Tarrance Group polling firms disclosed Friday.
According to the pollsters, the first Democrat and the latter Republican, 63 percent US people consider the system is "broken" and should be "fixed."
They favor a reform including a program of temporary workers, tougher migration control laws and opportunities to legalize the situation of undocumented citizens.
In the poll conducted at the request of the National Immigration Forum (NIF) and the National Immigration Attorney´s Partnership, 75 percent backed the current legislation should be modified.
NIF chief Frank Sherry stated most US people disagreed with the anti-immigration rhetoric triggered in various states, and urged politicians to find true solutions to end the policies including mass deportations.
Ira Mehlman, national spokeswoman of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, asserted high ranking Republican officials disapproved of changing the system despite the White House support for it.
The federation has rejected President George W Bush-thrust changes promoting a program of temporary workers that exclude human rights problems.
The issue heated up following the April-opened Minuteman project in Arizona, where racist and xenophobic groups converged to hunt "intruders" from Mexico.
Presently, Republican John McCain and Democrat Edward Kennedy, senators for Arizona and Massachusetts, respectively, are trying to conciliate stances on a two-party proposal to be submitted to the House of Representatives in May.