Whatever Republicans think they’re doing to start to win back that 75% of the Latino vote they lost in the last election, it’s not working. While many in the GOP have moved toward more mainstream policies on immigration and have been willing to come to the table, others have opposed...
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Feb 21, 2013
The poll of 1,003 U.S. adults was conducted by Selzer & Co., a Des Moines, Iowa based polling firm, and has a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points. · A majority of Americans support a path to citizenship. When given various options for what to do with undocumented immigrants, 53%...
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As we’ve said before, pro-citizenship and common sense immigration reform stances are the mainstream in the immigration debate—an argument bolstered by a range of national polling, including two new polls out today. According to separate surveys by both Bloomberg and the Pew Research Center, public support for immigration that includes a pathway to citizenship remains vast...
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Reuters/Ipsos Online Poll an Outlier As we’ve said before, pro-citizenship and common sense immigration reform stances are the mainstream in the immigration debate—an argument bolstered by a range of national polling, including two new polls out today. According to separate surveys by both Bloomberg and the Pew Research Center, public support for immigration that includes a...
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Feb 12, 2013
70% of all voters support creating a path to citizenship for the undocumented. Asked if they favored “creating a way for illegal immigrants already here to become citizens,” 70% of voters agreed that they favored the proposal. 60% of Republicans support a path to citizenship on the merits. 60% of Republicans...
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Feb 11, 2013
For the first time, President Obama has a net positive approval rating on his handling of immigration. 47 percent of Americans said they approved of the President’s job performance on immigration, while 46 percent disapprove. This is a high for President Obama on this issue and the first time his...
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This week alone, a raft of new polling has underscored the fact that a majority of Americans want immigration reform with a path to citizenship—not legalization without citizenship or any mass deportation option. Quinnipiac finds that 56% of all Americans support the creation of a roadmap to citizenship, the...
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In poll after poll, Americans consistently demonstrate they believe allowing the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States to pursue citizenship is a sensible position. When given a choice, they choose full citizenship for the undocumented over second-class status. Here are the most recent polls. QUINNIPIAC (February 2013)...
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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...
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During the House Judiciary Committee immigration hearing yesterday, Republicans’ attempted to define a policy that offers undocumented immigrants “legal residency but not a path to citizenship” as the “middle-ground option in the debate over immigration” according to the New York Times. Judiciary Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) asked, “Are there options we...
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