The 76 percent of Americans support immigration reform to protect undocumented immigrants, including a 61 percent indicate that the path to citizenship should be offered to these foreigners.
This is revealed by a new survey by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), which shows that the majority of the American people maintain their support for legal status and citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
“Which statement is closest to your view of how the immigration system should deal with immigrants currently living in the United States illegally?” they were asked.
In this regard, a 76% said that they support some type of permanent solution, such as citizenship or permanent legal status – that is, the ‘green card’.
While, a 62% supports granting them citizenship. It stands out that 14% support permanent legal status without citizenship, while 22% supports deportation.
Congress has stalled protection projects for undocumented immigrants, including a broad immigration reform proposed by the president Joe Biden.
America’s Voice highlighted the poll and notes that the PRRI has conducted this since 2013, where American support has fluctuated between 62 percent and 67 percent in favor of citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
“A path to citizenship only divides the Republicans surveyed”, indicates the organization.
Among Democrats, 76% support the undocumented for citizenship; among the independents the 64%, while the 43% of the Republicans support such a reform.
The 44% of Republicans maintains the position that undocumented immigrants should be deported.
“ Beyond legal status and citizenship, strong majorities of Americans remain pro-immigrant on other questions as well,” the analysis indicates.
A margin of is cited -40 percent on the fact that Americans consider that immigrants “ strengthen our country today”, due to their “hard work and talent”.
This group does not consider these immigrants to be a burden “because they take jobs, housing and medical care”.
While a margin of 56 to 40 percent consider that immigrants “strengthen society American ity”.
“Americans continue to strongly and consistently support citizenship and permanent legal status for undocumented immigrants and recognize that immigration and immigrants make our country stronger”, emphasizes Vanessa Cárdenas, deputy editor of America’s Voice. “All this, despite the ugly, racist and increasingly insane anti-immigrant attacks.”
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He considered that the Democrats in Congress should “be firm” to comply with the legislative solutions they have promised.
“When it comes to of immigration as a political issue, the Democrats have an opportunity and they cannot act with confidence, since the people are with them, while the issue divides the Republican Party”, added Cárdenas.