Majority of Americans want path to citizenship; only 10% favor legalization without citizenship. Asked about policy options for undocumented immigrants currently in the U.S., 56% say that the undocumented should be allowed to stay in the United States and eventually apply for U.S. citizenship. Thirty percent believe that all undocumented... Continue »
From January 30th-February 3rd, 2013, Langer Research Associates conducted a poll of 1,038 adults for the Washington Post and ABC News. The poll has a margin of error of +/-3.5%. A majority of Americans favor a path to citizenship. 55 percent of respondents said they supported a path to citizenship... Continue »
Remember Brian Bilbray? The hardline anti-immigrant Congressman-turned-FAIR-lobbyist-turned-Congressman-turned-forced-retiree? Well, Bilbray—before his most recent electoral defeat—was the head of a group of anti-immigrant members of the House of Representatives called the “Immigration Reform Caucus.” To avoid confusion about what real reform looks like, we prefer to call it the Bully Brigade.... Continue »
On January 14-15, CNN/ORC International conducted a poll of 814 adults. The margin of error for the poll is +/-3.5%. A majority of Americans think the government should focus on a pathway to legal status for the undocumented, not on deporting them. When asked whether the focus of the federal... Continue »
From January 10-14, GfK Roper Public Affairs and Communications polled 1,004 adults on behalf of the Associated Press. The margin of error for the poll is +/-4%. 62% of Americans support a path to citizenship… Sixty-two percent of respondents said they supported “providing a way for illegal immigrants in the... Continue »
On January 17-18, 2013, Anderson Robbins Research and Shaw & Company Research conducted a poll of 1,008 registered voters for Fox News. The margin of error for the poll is +/-3%. Two-thirds of voters support a path to citizenship. When asked “what government policy should be toward illegal immigrants currently... Continue »
On January 7-10, 2013, Hart Research Associates and Public Opinion Strategies conducted a poll of 1,003 registered voters who had voted in the 2012 election for America’s Voice and the SEIU. The margin of error for the poll is +/-3.1%. Four out of five voters support an immigration system... Continue »
If our latest video doesn’t have you amped up enough about next year, check out this short (but fabulous) interview that United We Dream’s Cristina Jimenez did on Al Punto last Sunday, in which she explains to Jorge Ramos how and why UWD has resolved to push for citizenship... Continue »
In August 2010, the Chicago Tribune and WGN conducted a poll of 800 heads of households across the Chicago region. A majority of Chicago residents don’t want police to seek out undocumented immigrants for deportation.The poll found that “57 percent of the respondents did not want police to seek illegal... Continue »
Tomorrow’s House Constitution Subcommittee hearing on Rep. Steve King (R-IA)’s English Language Unity Act—a bill that would mandate “English-only” government documents and services—is hardly the first indication that the House GOP is taking its cues on immigration from the anti-immigrant movement’s playbook, but it might be the most brazen.... Continue »