Princeton, NJ--more than half of Americans--53 percent--say the need for government action this year to stem the flow of illegal immigrants at the borders of the "essential" for the first time, the majority held that view in four times, Gallup asked this question since 2006. Another call 29% "very important" and 12% "moderately critical", and 7% say it is "not important".
New results from 9-12 June Gallup Poll showed an increase of 11 points since May 2010 the percentage Rating question of paramount importance. This increase is seen as among the various gender, race, age and groups of political parties, as well as the regions of the country.
Concern is slightly higher among men than women, whites and nonwhites than among older than among young Americans. However, the biggest difference is the group, with 68% of Republicans ' rating of border control of paramount importance, compared to 42% of Democrats.
Concern about settlement of the status of existing illegal immigrants is also
The new poll also found Americans expressing particular relevance to the Government to develop a plan to address many of the illegal immigrants already living in the United States of America. Forty-three percent now say the steps this year to this extremely important, up from 36 percent a year ago.
Americans continue to give high priority to border control
While the Americans have increased concern about both aspects of the policy debate on illegal immigration, their preferences for which must be a priority for the Government to address has not changed significantly. Fifty-five per cent now saying that the Government should focus on stopping the flow of illegal immigrants, while 43% say he should be given to the development plan for those who are already here. Since 2006, Gallup has consistently found that half or more of Americans choose border control as a priority.
Most still favor path to citizenship
In 2006, former President George w. Bush expressed his support for policies that would allow illegal immigrants already working in this country to apply for citizenship under certain conditions and agreed with him in 61% of Americans at the time. Despite the repeated failures of such bills make it through Congress nearly two-thirds of Americans, 64%, continue to support the proposal.
In addition 13 percent would remain in the United States for a limited time to work, while 21% favor deporting illegal immigrants.
Most Americans at all major subgroups, creating a path for the current illegal immigrants become citizens, including 56% of Republicans, 62% of independent and 76% of Democrats. Is slightly higher in the West (70%) than in the South (59%), with the support of the East (62%) and the West (65%) similar to the national average.
The bottom line
From 55% to 43% of Americans pay more attention to the issues of border control, rather than on the elaboration of a comprehensive plan to combat existing illegal immigrants, outlook largely unchanged over the past five years. Similarly, 53% now say that it is important that the Government address border issues this year, compared with 43% rating the need to address the current status of illegal immigrants is high. Over the past year have increased concerns about both issues.
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