Friday, September 5, 2014

POLL: Americans increasingly Want Border Secured

Americans have become more focused on securing the border and less interested in providing legal standing to undocumented immigrants living in the USA, according to a poll released Wednesday.
In the wake of news reports about tens of thousands of Central American children rushing across the nation's southwestern border, a new Pew Research Center survey found that 33% of Americans want to focus on border security, 23% prefer a pathway to citizenship, and 41% want both.
Last year, as Congress debated an immigration bill that would have allowed many of the nation's 11 million undocumented immigrants to become citizens, Pew estimated that 25% of Americans wanted the government to focus on granting citizenship, 25% wanted more focus on enhanced enforcement, and the rest felt both should be given equal priority.
The latest national survey by Pew of 1,501 adults was conducted Aug. 20-24 and has a margin of error of +/-2.9%.
The shift in views spans political leanings, as more Republicans, Democrats and independents favor focusing on border security.
Roy Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA, a group that advocates for lower levels of legal and illegal immigration, said the new numbers show how a desire for more immigration enforcement is no longer just a conservative idea but one that more Americans are embracing. He said news videos documenting the rush of Central American children across the border was a visual wake-up call.
"It showed Americans that the concerns that have been stated about enticing an uncontrolled flow at the border were no longer theoretical, they were actual," Beck said. "That has had a profound effect on people's thinking."
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