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发帖数: 61690 | 1 Voters want Congress to pass an immigration bill this year, and most support
the main provisions in the legislation being considered on Capitol Hill.
After a vote on Tuesday, the Senate will now officially begin debate on an
immigration reform bill. The legislation would strengthen border security
and create a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants currently in the
country.
A Fox News poll released Thursday finds that most voters generally favor
those provisions.
The new poll shows 81 percent of voters want to strengthen border security
and stop additional illegal entry into the country.
In addition, 74 percent favor finding a way for the 11 million illegal
immigrants already in the country to remain -- and eventually become
citizens -- if they meet certain requirements, such as paying back taxes,
learning English and passing a background check.
Republicans (90 percent), people over the age of 65 (87 percent) and whites
(83 percent) are among the groups most likely to favor additional border
security.
Democrats (82 percent), people under age 30 (81 percent) and non-whites (79
percent) are among those most likely to support a path to citizenship.
Most people -- 76 percent -- think it’s important to pass major immigration
reform legislation this year (44 percent say it is “very” important and
32 percent say “somewhat” important).
Large majorities of Democrats (81 percent), independents (74 percent) and
Republicans (73 percent), as well as white (74 percent) and non-white voters
(79 percent) want immigration reform to happen.
The Fox News poll is based on landline and cell phone interviews with 1,019
randomly chosen registered voters nationwide and was conducted under the
joint direction of Anderson Robbins Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research
(R) from June 9 to June 11. The full poll has a margin of sampling error
of plus or minus three percentage points.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/13/fox-news-poll-voters-want-immigration-reform/#ixzz2W9NBVv8t |
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