Americans want loyalty promise from visitors

A large majority of Americans want to require visitors of any kind to the United States to affirm they will abide by the U.S. Constitution and agree not to support persecutors of religious groups, according to a poll commissioned by The O'Leary Report author Brad O'Leary.

The survey found Islamic law, or Shariah, which conflicts with the U.S. Constitution, is unwelcome.

The poll by Zogby International queried 1,000 voters, with a 3.2 percent margin of error.

Forty-four percent of respondents said they agreed with having all non-citizens seeking to enter the United States with a visa sign such a statement. And another 26 percent said they somewhat agreed.

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Only 10 percent strongly disagreed and 7 percent somewhat disagreed, The O'Leary Report said.

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The statement would say: "I agree that in return for entering the United States of America, I accept the Constitution of the United States as the law that I will abide by. I also agree not to support any organization that seeks to harm or destroy Christians, Jews, atheists or Muslims. ... I agree to accept as equals gays or the LGBT community. I agree that women are equal to men, and approve of them driving a car, voting and taking any job they want. I further agree that any member of my family of legal age may choose to live anywhere they want."

O'Leary, a former NBC News Radio/Westwood One talk-show host, authored "The United States Citizens’ Handbook" and is a former feature writer for USA Today Weekend magazine. He said the requirement would apply to anyone – "including students, workers, visitors, businesspersons, or anyone seeking refugee or immigration status."

Support was very high across the political spectrum, ranging from 78 percent among Democrats, 70 percent among Republicans and 60 percent among independents.

"All respondents from religious affiliations identified as Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, or unaffiliated also scored in the 70s in their agreement that a traveler to this country should sign this statement," O'Leary said.

The issue is particularly relevant as debate heats up in the wake of the ISIS attack in Paris over the handling of millions of mostly Muslim Syrians who have fled ISIS terror.

In Beaumont, Texas, 36-year-old John Courts told the Washington Post that migrants being brought to the U.S. from Muslim lands are "wolves in sheeps' clothing."

"Bringing those refugees here is very dangerous. Yeah, they need help, but it's going to bring terrorism right into our front door," he said.

Donald Trump, who is seeking the GOP nomination for president, contends Syrian migrants should not be allowed in the country, arguing ISIS has vowed to use immigration to infiltrate the U.S.

President Obama and other Democrats largely have refused to associate ISIS and other terrorist organizations with Islam, insisting they have nothing to do with a "peaceful" religion.

While Americans resoundingly reject the idea of bringing in large populations that could include terrorists, the Obama administration is moving forward with plans to bring in 10,000 Syrians.

Dozens of states now have said they won't take more refugees from Muslim violence zones.

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WND reported over the summer that, according to U.S. Census data, the nation's total immigrant population – defined as anyone not born in the U.S. – swelled to a record 42.1 million in the second quarter of 2015.

In the last year alone, the number of recent immigrants living in America grew by 1.7 million, and about three-fourths of them entered the U.S. legally. The data also shows a resurgence in Mexican immigration, with 740,000 Mexicans entering the U.S., the majority legally, following three years of declining numbers. Immigration from the Middle East and Africa is growing at a much faster rate than from Europe, according to a report on the data by the Center for Immigration Studies.

The total immigrant population in the U.S. from sub-Saharan Africa doubled from 2000 to 2007 and then nearly doubled again from 2007 to 2015, where it stands at 1.8 million. The Middle Eastern immigrant population – meaning only those born abroad and not those born to immigrants on U.S. soil – doubled from 983,000 in 2000 to 1.9 million in 2015.

About 100,000 new Middle Eastern immigrants enter the U.S. each year, said Steven Camarota, director of research for CIS and co-author of the report.