The Forward Party released the third installment of its “Controlling What You Can” series this week, detailing supporter input on immigration policy. The party reported that its findings showed no clear consensus on what policy directions should take priority.
According to an update from the party on Tuesday, an overwhelming majority of supporters are at least somewhat dissatisfied with how the United States is currently handling immigration issues. A slider poll conducted by the party on its website found that 89% of respondents were dissatisfied, compared to 11% who expressed their satisfaction. The party did not disclose the total number of participants in this portion of the survey.
Regarding broad policy priorities, there was no clear agreement among participants. An X poll of 790 users included as part of the findings showed that 33.8% of respondents favored focusing on a better pathway to citizenship, while 27.3% prioritized stronger enforcement. Another 23.2% supported expanding legal immigration, and the remaining 15.7% believed the primary focus should be attracting top talent.
Further written feedback on specific reforms included calls for a clearer and more efficient path to citizenship for long-time undocumented residents, particularly minors who grew up in the United States. Respondents also advocated for comprehensive immigration reform to address outdated laws, reduce backlogs, and strengthen the process overall.
Border security was another major concern. However, the party noted that many participants supported pairing stricter enforcement with expanded legal immigration pathways. The party also noted support for protecting asylum seekers and aligning immigration policies with “American values of openness and compassion.”
The Forward Party first launched its “Controlling What You Can” series in March, soliciting supporter feedback on specific policy issues to help guide party priorities. To date, the party has also covered healthcare and environmental policy. While the party typically announces the next issue shortly after releasing findings, it added in these most recent results that it will take a brief break from soliciting responses to focus on a “special announcement” set for this Wednesday.
“The party did not disclose the total number of participants in this portion of the survey.”
Which is awfully convenient, both when trying to pretend a small (and we are talking about a subset of the Backward Party’s active members here…) sample is statistically significant, and when leaving out responses to massage the data.
“calls for a clearer and more efficient path to citizenship for long-time undocumented residents, particularly minors who grew up in the United States”
Absolutely not. Let the come back and apply for citizenship like any other legal immigrant, instead of rewarding them for being in the US illegally by letting them skip the queue.
“American values of openness and compassion.”
Where was all that “openness and compassion” when Franklin D. Roosevelt was turning back boatloads of Jews who ended up being exterminated? Or when he was locking up Nth-generation Japanese-Americans, including in particular those who had actively helped the American war-effort against Imperial Japan? Etc.
It’s funny how the US is always very open and compassionate towards socialists, criminals and terrorists, but never towards their victims… It is for the same reason that the western left will never forgive Russia for successfully casting off the yoke of communism, when they were all too keen to suck up to the Soviet Union.