Poll: Most Christians and Jews at Odds with Their Leaders over Illegal Immigration

Thursday, December 31, 2009
By Christopher Neefus

(CNSNews.com) – American Jews and Christians hold views about illegal immigration that are largely at odds with those of their spiritual leaders, according to a new poll from Zogby International.
http://cis.org/ReligionAndImmigrationPoll

The poll showed that while most religious leaders saw illegal immigration as a problem caused by barriers to legal immigration, most worshippers thought a lack of enforcement of current law was the problem; and while leaders thought employers needed access to more immigrant labor, rank-and-file members thought employers needed to attract more domestic workers.

Steven A. Camarota, the research director for the nonpartisan Center for Immigration Studies said the results revealed a “huge divideâ€