Looks like we have a…

Looks like we have a bit of a protest backfire going on.

Recent images of seas of illegal aliens marching in cities across the U.S. are having a far greater negative than positive impact on the foreigners’ cause, according to a new poll.

A Zogby survey of nearly 8,000 people shows coast-to-coast protests against immigration proposals in Congress – particularly to make it a federal felony to be an illegal worker in the U.S. – have not persuaded a majority of likely American voters.

Asked whether the protests have made likely voters more or less sympathetic toward undocumented workers, 61 percent said they’re less likely to be sympathetic to the plight of illegals as a result of the protests, while only 32 percent of respondents said they’re now more sympathetic. Younger respondents to the poll were more likely to be sympathetic than were older participants. And while 56 percent of Democrats said the protests made them feel more sympathy for unlawful workers, just 6 percent of Republicans felt that way.

Guess the word “illegal” means something other than “unlawful” to Democrats. Breaking the rules, hoping the feds will give you a shortcut to citizenship, and doing an end-run around those in the process of doing this legally, is no big deal for the Left. Any wonder why they can’t get folks to believe that they stand for the rule of law?

The story pointed to by the link has a photograph of protestors holding up a sign saying “This is our continent, not yours!” Sorry, but that’s not going to make any friends.

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