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riversedge

(70,197 posts)
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 08:34 PM Jan 2018

Poll: 86% of Americans want Dreamers to stay in U.S.

Source: axios.com




Zachary Basu 3 hours ago

Poll: 86% of Americans want Dreamers to stay in U.S.

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Why it matters: Jeff Flake announced today that a bipartisan group of senators had reached a deal on immigration that would protect the 800,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. But the White House and other immigration hardliners in Congress are not sold.
This latest poll confirms others from CNN, Marist, and CBS News showing that the vast majority of Americans back legal status for Dreamers.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/poll-86-of-americans-1515703003-5292c3d8-74c5-4aba-8927-54a65a96dd7b.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=1100&utm_term=politics



Yet, #Republicans in DC make the Dreamers and families suffer day after after day!!



Axios
?Verified account @axios
28m28 minutes ago

86% of American voters, including 76% of Republicans, say they want Dreamers to stay.

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Poll: 86% of Americans want Dreamers to stay in U.S. (Original Post) riversedge Jan 2018 OP
Dreamers do the work bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 #1
Kick dalton99a Jan 2018 #2
Hey white racist people on social security. Corgigal Jan 2018 #3
Give Trump and Right Wing Hate Media a Few More Years... TomCADem Jan 2018 #4
one wonders how much dems will cave in to trump on this issue. not if, how much nt msongs Jan 2018 #5
I'd like to negotiate a deal. BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #6
Why give in on anything duforsure Jan 2018 #7
Unfortunately, 86% of Americans don't vote...so the polls don't matter... Sancho Jan 2018 #8

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
3. Hey white racist people on social security.
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 10:24 PM
Jan 2018

If you're only thinking about yourself, which seems to be your thing, 93 percent of these kids pay into your social security and this will hurt us ALL if we hurt these kids.

TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
4. Give Trump and Right Wing Hate Media a Few More Years...
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 10:30 PM
Jan 2018

...and we will be having Brown Shirt marches with folks holding MAGA cross burnings where folks rat out non-Arayan looking neighbors.

BigmanPigman

(51,585 posts)
6. I'd like to negotiate a deal.
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 03:55 AM
Jan 2018

Why don't we send the GOP back to their ancestors' countries and keep the Dreamers here?

A single Dreamer is probably more patriotic and intelligent that all the GOP reps combined.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
7. Why give in on anything
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 07:10 AM
Jan 2018

Dreamer bill should be clean and only for them, nothing else. Nov elections for control not that far off, and scaring trump and the gop.

Sancho

(9,067 posts)
8. Unfortunately, 86% of Americans don't vote...so the polls don't matter...
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 08:12 AM
Jan 2018

as long as two things happen:

1.) the number of VOTERS include a bunch of Archie Bunkers
2.) the actual elections cannot be verified

then the Democratic Party will not win elections.

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