In May 2010, NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo polled 700 adults, with an oversample of 300 Hispanic adults. The margin of error was +/- 3.7% for the full sample, and +/- 5.66% for the Hispanic oversample.
Sixty-five percent of Americans support allowing undocumented immigrants to become citizens if they pay a fine, learn English and go to the back of the line. The poll found that 65 percent of Americans favor “allowing undocumented immigrants who are already in the country to pay a fine, learn English, and go back to the line for the opportunity to become American citizens.”
Sixty-one percent of Americans support the Arizona immigration law.Sixty-one percent of respondents said they supported the Arizona law. Seventy percent of white respondents approved of the law, while only 31 percent of Latinos agreed.