Would you support or oppose a program giving ILLEGAL immigrants now living in the United States the right to live here LEGALLY if they pay a fine and meet other requirements?

SOURCE: 9/30/2007- ABC News Poll, Fieldwork by ICR
N= 1035 adults nationwide MoE + 3

In your view, what should be the higher priority in dealing with the issue of illegal immigration: developing a plan for halting the flow of illegal immigrants into the US, or developing a plan to deal with illegal immigrants who are already in the US, or should both be given the same priority?

SOURCE: 7/8/2007 USA Today/Gallop Poll
N=1014 adults nationwide MoE+ 3

Would you say that, in general, immigration is a good thing, a bad thing, or neither a good nor bad thing?

Regardless of how you feel about it personally, do you think that deporting all illegal immigrants who are currently in the United States back to their native countries is a realistic and achievable goal, or not?

Regardless of how you feel about it personally, do you think that having illegal immigrants who are currently in the United States voluntarily return to their native countries before applying to become legal citizens is a realistic and achievable goal, or not?

SOURCE: NBC/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organization of Peter Hart (D) and Neil Newhouse (R). June 8-11, 2007.
N=1,008 adults nationwide, MoE+ 3.1

Do you think illegal immigrants mostly take jobs that nobody wants or do they mostly take jobs away from Americans who need them?

One proposal would allow undocumented immigrants who have been living and working in the United States for a number of years, and who do not have a criminal record, to start on a path to citizenship by registering that they are in the country, paying a fine, getting fingerprinted, and learning English, amoth other requirements. Do you support or oppose this, or haven't you hear enough about it to say?

One proposal is to creat a "guest worker" program that would give a temporary visa to nonciticens who want to work legally in the United States. Do you support or oppose this, or haven't you heard enough about it to say?

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll. June 7-10, 2007.
N=1183 adults nationwide MoE+ 3

If you had to choose, what do you think should happen to most illegal immigrants who have lived and worked in the United States for at least two years? They should be given a chance to keep their jobs and eventually apply for legal status. OR, They should be deported back to their native country.

Would you favor or oppose allowing illegal immigrants who came into the country before January to apply for a four-year visa that could be renewe, as long as they pay a $5,000 fine, a fee, show a clean work record and pass a criminal background check?

SOURCE: CBS News/New York Times Poll. May 18-23, 2007.
N=1125 adults nationwide. MoE+ 3

Would you favor or oppose each of the following proposals?...

Building a 700 mile long fence on the border with Mexico

Creating a program that would allow illegal immigrants already living in the United States for a number of years to stay in this country and apply for US citizenship if they had a job and paid back taxes

SOURCE: CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll. May 4-6, 2007.
N=1028 adults nationwide. MoE+ 3

As you may know the government is considering issuing new tamper-proof Social Security cards as a way for people to prove they are eligible to work in the United States. Would you favor or oppose requiring people to show this card in order to get a job in the US?

Which comes closest to your view about what government policy should be toward illegal immigrants currently residing in the United States? Should the government deport all illegal immigrants back to their home country, allow illegal immigrants to remain in the United States in order to work but only for a limited amount of time, or allow illegal immigrants to remain in the United States and becom US citizens but only if they meet certain requirements over a period of time? Options rotated

SOURCE: USA Today/Gallup Poll. March 2-4, 2007.
N=1010 adults nationwide. MoE+ 3

Comprehensive Reform Proposal- Language
Now thinking about immigration policy- Congress is considering several differenct proposals for immigration reform. If Congress was considering legislations which would do the following to create an earned legalization program:

• Provide resources to greatly increase border security
• Impose much tougher penalities on employers who hire illegal workers
• Allow additional foreign workers to come to the United States to work for a temporary period
• Create a system in which illegal immigrants could come forward and register, pay a fine, and receive a temporary worker permit

• Provide these temporary workers with a multi-year path to earned citizenship, if they get to the end of the line and meet certain requirements like living crime free, learning English, paying taxes

Would you favor or oppose passage of this legislation?

Do you believe this proposal is the same thing as amnesty for illegal immigrants or is it not amnesty at all?

 SOURCE: The Tarrance Group. April 15-19, 2007.
N=800 Registered "Likely" Voters. MoE+ 3.5 

07/06/2006 - Let Them Earn Their Legal Status - The American Spirit Lives On

06/29/2006 - Ayres McHenry & Assoc: The Importance of Reaching Agreement on Immigration Reform

06/23/2006 - National Survey of Registered Voters Re: Immigration Legislation & Choices Facing the Conference Committee

06/22/2006 - The Tarrance Group: Key Findings from a Nationwide Survey of Registered Likely Republican Voters

06/15/2006 - WSJ/NBC Poll: Public Warms to Bush Immigration Stance

06/12/2006 - Manhattan Institute: A Survey of Republican Voter Attitudes in the US