Yesterday respected conservative editors Rich Lowry and William Kristol penned an op-ed on the National Review's website where they declared that "passing any version of the Gang of Eight's bill (on immigration reform) would be worse than passing nothing."
But according to a nationwide survey of 1,000 voters who have a history of voting in Republican primary elections, when given a choice between the current immigration system the way it is, and "passing new laws that are not perfect, but do attempt to fix the serious flaws in the current system," Republicans choose imperfect solutions over the status quo by a massive 78-14 percent margin.
The survey was conducted by Basewood Research. In their conclusion, the survey writers report:
This article appears in Jul 11-17, 2013.