[texastoo]

There was a poll on freerepublic about illegal aliens some months ago. Now what were those results? I forgot.

[k2blader]

Here is the RoperASW Report - "Americans Talk About Illegal Immigration" from March 2003 (the poll results start on page 5). It would be interesting to see an updated version, but maybe someone will get around to it later this year.

A more current national poll is the NPR/Kaiser/Kennedy School Immigration Survey, conducted May 27 - August 2, 2004 (survey results on illegal immigration start on page 2). Please also see pages 4 & 5 for survey results on why the public is concerned with illegal immigration and how they think the government should deal with the issue (*not* good news for the pro-amnesty-for-illegals crowd).

[JustAnotherSavage]

Here is the poll you refered to:
Free Republic Opinion Poll: Do you approve of the plan to let some of the eight million illegal aliens in the United States move toward legal status without penalty -- but with social security benefits?
Composite Opinion
No 85.2% 1,400
Yes 8.8% 145
Undecided 6.0% 98
100.0% 1,643



It's interesting how some are twisting the poll cited in the article as not putting immigration as important...they are talking about immigration,not illegal immigration,and yet,

"3 in 10 Americans say immigration is an "extremely important" issue for Congress and the president to deal with over the next year, while an additional 38% say it is "very important."

That means 68% thought immigration was extremely or VERY important.