Poll: Most favor penalties for hiring illegals
Associated Press
10:08 PM CDT, October 15, 2008

INDIANAPOLIS - A new statewide poll found overwhelming support for stricter penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.

The WISH-TV Indiana Poll released Wednesday night found 71 percent favored such penalties, while 19 percent opposed them and 10 percent were unsure.

The Republican-ruled Indiana Senate and Democrat-led House each passed different versions of bills earlier this year that would have punished employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants, but they could not reach compromise on a final version.

The poll's margin of error was plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

The poll was a telephone survey of 800 likely voters conducted by Maryland-based Research 2000 from Sept. 29-Oct. 3.


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