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    62 percent of Americans back letting illegal immigrants become citizens

    62 percent of Americans back letting illegal immigrants become citizens


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    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sixty-two percent of Americans support providing a way for immigrants living in the United States illegally to become citizens if they meet requirements, while almost a fifth support deportation, a poll showed on Tuesday.




    With the Obama administration hoping that immigration reform could be passed this year, 17 percent of Americans surveyed back allowing illegal immigrants to become permanent legal residents, according to the poll by the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute and the center-left Brookings Institution.


    Support for a route to citizenship for the roughly 11 million undocumented U.S. residents is nearly the same as the 63 percent shown in a March 2013 poll, the survey said.


    "Even amidst inaction by Congress, support for a path to citizenship for immigrants living in the country illegally remains remarkably broad," Robert Jones, PRRI's chief executive, said in a statement.


    Seventy percent of Democrats, 61 percent of independent voters and 51 percent of Republicans favor a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.


    Thirty percent of Republicans favor identifying and deporting all immigrants living in the United States illegally, compared with 11 percent of Democrats.


    Majorities of all religious groups except for white evangelical Protestants support a path to citizenship, the poll showed.


    Support falls to 48 percent among white evangelical Protestants, an 8-point drop from March 2013.


    Sixty-eight percent of Americans favor allowing immigrants living in the country illegally who were brought to the United States as children to gain legal resident status if they join the military or go to college.


    President Barack Obama, a Democrat, has made immigration reform a priority. A bill that passed the Democrat-controlled Senate has been stalled in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.


    The telephone survey of 1,538 adults was conducted between April 7 and 27. The margin of error is 3.3 percentage points.


    (Reporting by Ian Simpson)

    http://news.yahoo.com/62-percent-ame...163430816.html

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    That is major Bullshit! There is no way in hell 62% of Americans would be dumb enough to permanently destroy our borders and existing immigration laws by allowing illegal aliens that broke into our country to become citizens with voting rights, access to social service benefits, and more higher paying American jobs.

    There is just no way that many Americans are that stupid and this poll is 180 degrees inverted from all the other polls we have showing Americans oppose a pathway to citizenship 2 to 1!

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    Just another Amnesty Scam Poll being pushed by big corporations

    just like Obama saying 90% of AmeriKa wants gun confiscation because of guns crossing the Mexican border

    and HIS Administration was doing the Gun Running
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    You know what... I challenge these fake poll reports completely!

    Ill even offer to attempt to reproduce their results and if I can be convinced that 68% of Americans favor legalizing illegal immigrants then Ill change the position of our entire national organization.

    Ill put that on the table.

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    If there is grain of credibility at all, it may be that major employers are threatening what is left of American jobs. The old threat of "vote like we suggest or we may not be in business next year." I've seen it happen at one of America's largest employers! It sould skew somewhat a poll, then if the poll was manipulated,...aha

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    These polls are worded to give the answer that they want. They are rigged for propaganda.

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    Public Religion Research Institute and the center-left Brookings Institution.
    urvey | What Americans Want From Immigration Reform in 2014

    Topics: Immigration, Politics & Government
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    [06.10.2014] Read the full report here. Read the news release here. Read the topline questionnaire, including the survey methodology, here.Executive Summary

    At present, 62% of Americans favor providing a way for immigrants who are currently living in the United States illegally to become citizens provided they meet certain requirements, while 17% support allowing them to become permanent legal residents but not citizens, and roughly 1-in-5 (19%) favor a policy that would identify and deport all immigrants living in the United States illegally.

    • Current support for a path to citizenship is nearly identical to support levels one year ago (March 2013) when 63% of Americans supported a path to citizenship for immigrants who are living in the United States illegally.

    The issue of immigration reform has support across party lines, although there are notable differences in the intensity of support.

    • Consistent with findings from March 2013, majorities of self-identified Democrats (70%), independents (61%), and Republicans (51%) continue to favor a path to citizenship for immigrants living in the country illegally. Notably, Republicans are roughly three-times more likely than Democrats to favor identifying and deporting all immigrants living in the U.S. illegally (30% vs. 11%).
    • Less than 4-in-10 (37%) Americans who are part of the Tea Party movement favor allowing immigrants living in the U.S. illegally to become U.S. citizens, while 23% favor allowing them to become permanent legal residents but not citizens; notably, 37% favor a policy that would identify and deport all immigrants in the U.S. illegally, the highest among all partisan groups.
    • Only 42% of Republicans who most trust Fox News to provide accurate information about politics and current events support a path to citizenship, compared to 60% of Republicans who most trust other news sources.

    Majorities of all religious groups, with the exception of white evangelical Protestants, support a path to citizenship, including roughly 6-in-10 white mainline Protestants (58%), minority Protestants (62%) and Catholics (63%), and more than two-thirds (68%) of religiously unaffiliated Americans.

    • Among white evangelical Protestants, nearly half (48%) also favor allowing immigrants living in the U.S. illegally an opportunity to become citizens provided they meet certain requirements, an 8-point drop from March 2013 when 56% supported a path to citizenship.

    A statistical model demonstrates that certain traits independently predict either support for or opposition to immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship for immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.

    • The two most powerful independent predictors of support for a path to citizenship are being young (under 30 years of age) and identifying as Hispanic. Holding a four-year college degree, being female, identifying with the Democratic Party, and most trusting MSNBC as an accurate news source are also significant predictors of support for immigration reform.
    • In contrast, trust in Fox News as an accurate news source is the most powerful independent predictor of opposition to a path to citizenship. Identifying as Republican and being a born-again Christian are also significant predictors of opposition to immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship.


    Americans continue to favor allowing immigrants living in the country illegally who were brought to the U.S. as children to gain legal resident status if they join the military or go to college, a policy which comprises the basic elements of the DREAM Act.

    • More than two-thirds (68%) of Americans favor this policy, while three-in-ten (30%) are opposed.
    • Eight-in-ten (80%) Democrats and more than two-thirds (68%) of independents favor the basic tenets of the DREAM Act, as do a slim majority (52%) of Republicans.

    Compared to one year ago, Americans’ political priorities are largely unchanged.

    • Today, one-quarter (26%) of Americans say that reforming the nation’s immigration system should be the highest priority for the president and Congress, while 47% of Americans report that reforming the immigration system should be a high priority but not the highest, and one-quarter (25%) think that immigration reform should be given a lower priority.
    • Democrats (28%) and Republicans (28%) are equally likely to say that reforming the nation’s immigration system should be the highest priority, while independents rank it somewhat lower (25%).

    Most Americans believe the immigration system in the United States is broken.

    • Less than 1-in-10 (6%) Americans believe that the immigration system is generally working, while 31% say it is working but with some major problems.
    • Nearly four-in-ten (38%) Americans report that the current immigration system is broken but working in some areas, while 23% say it is completely broken. These views remain essentially unchanged over the last year.

    Although deportations of immigrants who are in the country illegally have increased since the beginning of the Obama administration, only one-quarter (25%) of Americans correctly state that deportations have increased over the past five or six years. Close to half (45%) of Americans believe that the number of deportations has stayed the same, while nearly 1-in-5 (18%) say deportations have decreased. Public knowledge about the level of deportations has remained unchanged since last year.


    • Democrats (30%) and independents (27%) are more likely than Republicans (18%) to report correctly that the number of deportations has increased over the past five or six years.
    • Only 12% of Americans who most trust Fox News for accurate information about politics and current events correctly believe deportations have increased.

    Compared to one year ago, Americans are less likely to say that immigrants are having a negative economic impact on the country.

    • Today, Americans are equally as likely to believe that illegal immigration helps the economy by providing low-cost labor (45%) as they are to say that it hurts the economy by driving down wages (46%). In March 2013, a majority (56%) of Americans said that illegal immigrants negatively impact the economy by driving down wages.
    • Seven-in-ten (70%) Americans now say that immigrants coming to the country today mostly take jobs Americans do not want, while only 22% say they take jobs away from American citizens. Last year, Americans were somewhat less likely to say immigrants are taking unwanted jobs (64%).

    American attitudes about the cultural impact of immigrants have also been moving in a more positive direction over the last year.

    • Today, nearly 6-in-10 (58%) Americans say that the growing number of newcomers from other countries strengthens American society compared to 37% who say that newcomers threaten traditional American customs and values.
    • As recently as 2010, Americans were divided in their views about the influence immigrants were having on American society; 44% said they threaten traditional customs and values while equal numbers (44%) said they strengthen American society.

    Consistent with findings one year ago, more Americans say they trust the Democratic Party over the Republican Party to handle the issue of immigration. Close to half (46%) of Americans say they most trust the Democratic Party to handle the issue, while 33% say they most trust the GOP. Fourteen percent say they do not trust either party to handle the issue of immigration.
    Among all registered voters, opposing immigration reform is more of a liability for candidates than an asset.

    • Fifty-three percent of voters say they would be less willing to vote for a candidate who opposes immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship for immigrants currently living in the U.S. illegally. Only 16 percent say they would be more likely to support a candidate who opposes immigration reform, while 30 percent say that a candidate’s position on this issue would make no difference to their vote.
    • Even among Republican voters, opposing immigration reform carries more political risk than benefit. Nearly half (46%) of Republican voters say they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who opposes immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship, while 21% say they would be more likely to support such a candidate. Three-in-ten (30%) Republican voters say it would not make a difference to their vote either way.
    • Among religious voters, opposing immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship is also more of a liability than an asset. Among all major religious groups, at least twice as many voters say they would be less likely to support a candidate who opposes a path to citizenship as say they would be more likely to support such a candidate.


    Nearly 4-in-10 (37%) voters believe the Republican Party’s position on immigration reform will hurt the GOP in the 2014 elections, compared to only 11% who say it will help the party. A plurality (44%) of voters believe the GOP’s current position on immigration will not have any discernible effect on the party’s fortunes in 2014.
    At this point in the 2014 election season, Americans are relatively disengaged.






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