Listen to the people!
http://americasvoice.org/polling/Three-of-four Americans oppose Republicans’ dominant deportation-focused approach: A combined 77% of the country supports either a path to citizenship (60%) or permanent legal residence short of citizenship (17%) for undocumented immigrants, while only 19% want to “identify and deport” immigrants “who are currently living in the U.S. illegally.”Citizenship is favored over deportation in each and every state. The massive sample size allows for a detailed breakdown by state on each question.* Every single state in the country favors citizenship over deportation –*see this interactive map for a detailed, state-by-state breakdown.* The state with the closest margin between citizenship and deportation is Wyoming, but even there, citizenship trumps deportation by a 52-38% margin.Americans view immigrants as strengthening, not burdening, the country. *When asked the following question: “Which statement comes closest to your views: immigrants today strengthen our country because of their hard work and talents, or immigrants today are a burden on our country because they take our jobs, housing, and health care?” Americans believe immigrants strengthen the nation by a 55-36% margin.
