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El Debate (Culiacan, Sinaloa) 6-17-10 The approval of the migratory law in Arizona substantially lowers the opinion that Mexicans have of the United States, its people and its president according to a poll taken on Thursday. Of the 22 nations surveyed in the poll, public opinion of the United States declined only in Mexico according to the Pew Poll of Global Attitudes. Only 49% of Mexicans expressed a positive view of our neighbor to the North, compared to 57% last year. The major decline in the general opinion of the United States in Mexico was due, in part, to the...

Seventy-one percent (71%) of Likely Voters in Pennsylvania support sending U.S. troops to the border with Mexico to help prevent illegal immigration, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state. Sixteen percent (16%) are opposed to such a move, while 14% are not sure. Nationally, 79% of voters believe the U.S. military should be used on the country's southern border for that purpose. President Obama is sending troops to the Mexican border but says they are there only to prevent Mexican drug violence from spilling into this country. The survey of 500 Likely Voters in Pennsylvania was...

PRINCETON, NJ -- Hispanic voters nationwide haven't shifted their congressional voting preferences since the signing of Arizona's new immigration law on April 23. Their preference for the Democratic candidate over the Republican candidate, 61% to 32%, in April 23 to June 8 interviewing almost identically matches the 60% to 32% margin recorded between March 1 and April 22. White voters and black voters also haven't changed their voting intentions. snip But that does not appear to be the case -- at least to this point in time. That said, President Obama's job approval rating is down among Hispanics this year....

PHOENIX — More Americans agree with how Jan Brewer sees the immigration problem than the views of Barack Obama. But that doesn’t mean they want her to be president. A new nationwide Rasmussen Reports survey taken in the days after the pair met — a meeting that gained national attention — 34 percent of the 1,000 likely voters said their views on illegal immigration are closer to that of the president. By contrast, 56 percent said they more closely aligned with those of Brewer. The pair had sharply divergent opinions on what to do about the issue. Obama, after their...

A majority of Nevadans would welcome an Arizona-style law to crack down on illegal immigrants, according to a new poll commissioned by the Review-Journal. The survey showed 57 percent of Nevadans would support giving local law enforcement the power to ask people already stopped for possible violations of the law to show proof they are in the country legally, then arrest those who couldn't provide that proof.

Californians Split On Arizona's Illegal Immigration Crackdown Of the voters surveyed, 50% support Arizona's law and 43% oppose it. There were sharp divides along lines of ethnicity and age. By Seema Mehta May 30, 2010 | California voters are closely divided over the crackdown on illegal immigration in Arizona, with sharp splits along lines of ethnicity and age, according to a new Los Angeles Times/USC poll. Overall, 50% of registered voters surveyed said they support the law, which compels police to check the immigration status of those they suspect are in the country illegally, while 43% oppose it. That level...

What solution do you support regarding illegal immigration? We need to adopt new federal laws that ensure stronger, more secure borders Illegal immigrants need to be sent back to their home countries. All illegal immigrants should be granted Amnesty and offered full citizenship. We need to build a new "Ellis Island" type facility near the Mexico Border as a means of properly processing immigrants. The United States needs to annex Mexico. Each state needs to be allowed to handle the situation in its own fashion as with Arizona. There is no solution. A solution not posted here.

Most Americans don’t believe Mexico wants to stop the illegal flow of its citizens into this country and think America’s southern neighbor should be asked to compensate U.S. taxpayers for costs incurred by illegal immigration. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 13% of Adults think Mexico wants to stop illegal immigration. Sixty-seven percent (67%) say Mexico does not want to stop its citizens from entering the United States illegally. Another 20% are not sure. Mexican President Felipe Calderon in his meeting today with President Obama complained that Arizona’s new immigration law encourages discrimination. But Arizona officials...

Amid the ongoing controversy over Arizona's new immigration law, voters by a 2-to-1 margin think individual states should have the right to make their own immigration laws. And a majority of voters would like their own state to follow Arizona's lead. [snip] Only about a third of voters -- 34 percent -- think the country’s immigration laws need to be overhauled completely. Sixty-one percent think instead the country needs to enforce the existing immigration laws. There's much more agreement on the issue of border security. Most people -- 76 percent -- think the current level of security at the country’s...

Yes, we need to protect our borders. Yes, the law needs to be expanded nationwide. In theory, but parts of the law are vague and should be made more specific. No, the new law will result in racial profiling. No, as a nation of immigrants, we have no right to restrict access.

Poll: Majority of Americans back Arizona immigration law By Margaret Talev Published Thursday, May. 13, 2010 WASHINGTON – A strong majority of Americans support Arizona's controversial new immigration law and would back similar laws in their own states, a new McClatchy-Ipsos poll found. Sixty-one percent of Americans – and 64 percent of registered voters – said they favored the law in a survey of 1,016 adults conducted May 6-9. Strikingly, nearly half of Democrats like the law, under which local law enforcement officers are tasked with verifying people's immigration status if they suspect them of being in the country illegally....

In their attempt to scare Republicans into supporting amnesty for illegal aliens, the Democrat controlled media and the Democrat controlling SEIU have declared, “Latino voters will be a force in the next election.” The implication is that the boogyman will “get” the GOP if Republicans don’t kowtow and go along with efforts to give illegal aliens amnesty and register them as new Democrat voters. the numbers As currently composed the Hispanic vote is actually negligible and only important in a limited number of locations. Moreover, in a survey taken immediately after the 2008 election of the 85% of voters expressing...

Seventy percent (70%) of Massachusetts voters favor a proposal recently rejected by the state legislature that would stop illegal immigrants from receiving public benefits. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows that just 17% oppose the proposal to prevent illegal immigrants from gaining access to public housing, unemployment benefits, welfare or workers compensation. Thirteen percent (13%) more are not sure. The proposal failed to pass in the Democratically-controlled State House last month by a 75 to 82 vote. Fifty percent (50%) of voters in Massachusetts oppose a boycott of Arizona like the one just passed by Boston City Council to...

Editorial pages may rage against the Arizona immigration law, but a solid majority of Americans support it, an IBD/TIPP poll found. Sixty percent back the law, with 40% strongly favoring it, according to preliminary results. Meanwhile, 30% oppose it, with 20% strongly disapproving it. The remaining 10% are unsure. The responses show a public increasingly frustrated with the response by local, state and federal authorities and welcoming solutions — like Arizona's law — that would have been politically untenable a few years ago.

LOS ANGELES — The overwhelming majority of Americans think that the country’s immigration policies need to be seriously overhauled. And despite protests against Arizona’s stringent new immigration enforcement law, a slim majority of Americans support it, even though they say it may lead to racial profiling. These are the findings of the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. The public broadly agrees, across party lines, that the United States could be doing more along its border to keep illegal immigrants out: 78 percent of respondents. That unity, however, fractures on the question of what to do with illegal immigrants already...

A large majority of likely voters do not agree that illegal aliens are entitled to the same rights and basic freedoms as U.S. citizens. The Zogby Interactive poll of 2,108 adults conducted from April 16-19 also found broad support for major immigration reform and immigration regulations that are more restrictive.79% do not agree that illegal aliens are entitled to the same rights and basic freedoms as U.S. citizens. Liberals are the only ideological group where more agree (49%) than disagree (46%) that illegal aliens have those rights. Both Congress and President Barack Obama get very low on their handling of...

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NEW YORK, April 29 (UPI) -- Seven in 10 U.S. adults support arresting people who can't prove they're in the United States legally, a poll about Arizona's new immigration law indicated. The Angus Reid Public Opinion poll of 1,002 American adults asked respondents if they'd want four guidelines in Arizona's immigration law enacted in their own state. The law, the nation's toughest, seeks to identify, prosecute and deport illegal immigrants and gives police broad powers to stop people on suspicion of being in the United States illegally. Seventy-one percent of poll respondents said they'd support requiring their own police to...

Many adults in the United States would like several regulations included in the Arizona immigration bill to be implemented in their own state, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 76 per cent of respondents support making it a crime to transport someone who is an illegal immigrant. In addition, 71 per cent of respondents are in favour of both requiring state and local police to determine the status of a person if there is “reasonable suspicion” that they are illegal immigrants and arresting people who are unable to provide documentation to prove they are in the U.S....

Advertisement Quantcast Arizona Governor Jan Brewer last week signed a new law into effect that authorizes local police to stop and verify the immigration status of anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that 60% of voters nationwide favor such a law, while 31% are opposed. Seventy-seven percent (77%) of Republicans support the law along with 62% of voters not affiliated with either major party. Democratic voters are evenly divided on the measure. At the same time, however, 58% of all voters are at least somewhat concerned that “efforts to identify and...