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More Negative on Immigration, More Afraid of Anti-Latino Bias

Published October 28, 2010


Oct. 28: A Pew Hispanic Center study says Hispanics in the U.S. are divided over their feelings on illegal immigration

The national backlash against undocumented immigrants has deepened divisions among Latinos and has heightened concerns about anti-Hispanic discrimination, the Pew Hispanic Center says in a survey released today.

The number of Hispanics who believe that illegal immigration has had a positive impact on Latinos living in the United States has fallen dramatically in the last three years.

According to the Pew survey, only 29 percent of Hispanics believe illegal immigration has had a positive impact on Latinos living in the U.S. and an equal number – 29 percent – say it’s had a negative impact on them. About 30 had no opinion.

This was in sharp contrast to their feelings just three years ago. A study in 2007 showed 50 percent of Hispanics said illegal immigration was having a positive impact, while 20 percent said it was negative.

While negative attitudes towards undocumented immigration have risen, so have concerns about anti-Latino discrimination. About 61 percent of those surveyed said discrimination was a major problem for Hispanics. This compares with 54 percent three years ago.

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The immigration issue has become a central theme in mid-term elections, with many Republicans and some Democrats taking a hard-line stance against illegal immigration.

On the issue of what to do with on the explosive immigration issue: 53 percent of Hispanics saying the undocumented should pay a fine rather than be deported and 13 percent saying they should be forced back to their countries. About 28 percent of Hispanics say they should not be punished, according to the survey.

Pew surveyed 1,370 Latino adults in English and Spanish from Aug. 17 to Sept. 19

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The number of Hispanics who believe that illegal immigration has had a positive impact on Latinos living in the United States has fallen dramatically in the last three years.

Hmmm, might that be a result of seeing their jobs going to their illegal cousins?

I think Latinos should have the jobs of just being Latino. They seem to expend a hell of a lot more energy and effort on being Latino than anything else.