Thread: Rasmussen Poll: Americans see Illegals Detriment to Economy

Majority of Americans now see illegal aliens as detrimental to the economy

April 10th, 2011 4:21 pm ET

Dave Gibson
Immigration Reform Examiner


A recent Rasmussen Reports poll found that 61 percent of Americans believe that if immigration laws were enforced, a result would be less poverty in this country. (The telephone survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on April 2-3, 2011 by Rasmussen Reports, with a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points.)

In July 2007, Rasmussen asked the same question and found that only 45 percent of Americans held that belief.

The large increase may indicate that Americans are becoming more aware of the impact illegal aliens are having on the high rate of unemployment in this country.

A 2010 study by the Pew Hispanic Center found that while every demographic of native-born workers has lost millions of jobs during this deep recession, foreign-born workers have actually increased their employment numbers.

Since June 2009, immigrants (including illegal aliens) have gained 656,000 jobs, while U.S. born workers lost 1.2 million jobs during that same period.

The Pew study found that 57 percent of those that they refer to as “immigrantâ€

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http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-234239.html

National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted April 2-3, 2011

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How severe is poverty in the United States today?

2* Compared to 10 years ago, are more people or less people living in poverty today? Or is the level of poverty about the same?

3* How effective are government programs designed to help people get out of poverty?

4* Do current government programs increase the level of poverty in America or decrease the level of poverty in America? Or do they have no impact on the level of poverty?

5* Does the government spend too much or too little on poverty programs, or is the level of spending about right?

6* Is it too easy or too hard to qualify for welfare in the United States?

7* Are food stamps too hard to get in this country, too easy to get or is the level of eligibility about right?

8* Should the government require those who receive food stamps to work?

9* If immigration laws were enforced, would there be less poverty in America?

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_ ... l_2_3_2011

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