Immigration Numbers in Nevada
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Mickey Kaus has been wondering when (or whether) any of the top tier candidates in the Presidential race (on either side) are going to step and grasp the mantle of being the "'anti-comprehensive' immigration candidate."
So far, no one has seemed willing, but these numbers out of Nevada might help spur things along:
Mason-Dixon Polling and Research Inc. interviewed 625 registered Nevada voters on Monday and Tuesday -- 262 Republicans, 259 Democrats and 104 independents. The majority of participants, regardless of their party affiliation, gender or region of residence, made it clear they're sick of providing public services to illegal immigrants and that they want law enforcement to pay better attention to the issue.
Seventy-two percent of respondents said illegal immigrants who graduate from Nevada high schools should not be allowed to receive Millennium Scholarships, which provide four years of tuition to the state's public colleges and universities. Seventy-seven percent of participants said election ballots and state documents should not be printed in languages other than English. And 81 percent of those polled said Nevada businesses should be cited and fined for employing illegals.
These are mainstream sentiments, and they're nothing new. In other states, including neighboring Arizona and California, voters have easily approved initiatives intended to deny public services to illegal immigrants and force them to learn English.

