Recent Polls Show Lack of Support for Amnesty

From FAIR's Government Relations team
Some interesting polls released earlier this week highlighted likely voters' rejection of mass amnesty for illegal aliens but strong support for more border security and enforcement. A Rasmussen poll which came out on Tuesday, April 14, reported that 66 percent of likely voters nationwide want improved border security and a reduction in illegal immigration. This stood in deep contrast with America's political establishment where only 32 percent think that more border security and reduced illegal immigration are the answer.

In another poll released on the same day by Rasmussen only five percent of voters name immigration as the most important issue facing our country throwing cold water on the mass amnesty's special interest groups' consensus that immigration reform should be a priority for the current administration.

From an economic perspective, a Pew Hispanic Center study also released this week underscored a growing dilemma in the immigration debate. According to the study, illegal immigrants' children born in the United States are American citizens, and they are nearly twice as likely to live in poverty than those with American-born parents. The study clearly shows that mass amnesty is not an economically viable option for this nation.

A more detailed analysis of this study and polls will be included in next week's issue of FAIR's Legislative Update, so stay tuned.