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发帖数: 29846 | 1 President Obama on Tuesday encouraged Congress to move forward on
immigration reform, saying his administration has “strengthened border
security beyond what many believed was possible.” But most voters don’t
share the president’s view.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 30% of
Likely U.S. Voters think the U.S. border with Mexico is even somewhat secure
, while 64% disagree and say it is not secure. These results include only
three percent (3%) who say the U.S.-Mexico border is Very Secure and 29% who
believe it’s Not At All Secure. (To see survey question wording, click
here.)
Fifty-one percent (51%) of Democrats say the border is secure. Eighty-six
percent (86%) of Republicans and 65% of voters not affiliated with either of
the major parties disagree.
Most voters say securing the border is a higher priority than addressing the
status of illegal immigrants already in the United States. Twenty-nine
percent (29%) agree with the president that the border is now secure enough
to begin dealing with the issue of illegal immigrants already living here.
But 50% say the border is not secure enough yet. Another 22% are not sure.
Most voters continue to feel that the policies of the federal government
encourage illegal immigration.
While voters remain unhappy with the federal government’s efforts to stop
or reduce illegal immigration, most voters continue to favor a welcoming
policy of legal immigration.
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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on May 11-12, 2011 by
Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points
with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys
is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
Even voters in the president’s own party are evenly divided when asked if
the border is now secure enough to allow the immigration debate to focus on
the illegal immigrants already in the country. Sixty-five percent (65%) of
Republicans and the plurality (48%) of unaffiliated voters say the border is
not yet that secure.
Fifty-nine percent (59%) of voters favor a cutoff of federal funds to so-
called sanctuary cities, but only 29% think Congress is even somewhat likely
to pass such a measure.
Fifty-three percent (53%) of voters say the U.S. military should be used
along the border with Mexico to prevent illegal immigration. That’s down 14
points from 67% last May. Twenty-nine percent (29%) now oppose the use of
the military, while 18% are undecided.
Seventy-eight percent (78%) of voters say they have followed news reports
about the issue of illegal immigration at least somewhat closely, with 41%
who have followed Very Closely.
Most Political Class voters believes the border with Mexico is secure,
while 76% of those in the Mainstream disagree.
Sixty-one percent (61%) of American Adults say if immigration laws were
enforced, there would be less poverty here.
Most voters continue to favor strong sanctions on employers who hire illegal
immigrants and landlords who rent to them. Voters also feel strongly that
police should check the immigration status of drivers during routine traffic
stops. |
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