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DESPITE ECONOMY, MOST AMERICANS STILL IN FAVOR OF LEGALIZATION OF IMMIGRANTS

By Greg Siskind

The New York Times published a poll this week that only 30% of Americans would like to see the twelve million illegally present immigrants in the US deported. And 65% would like to see them legalized either on a temporary basis or given a path to eventual citizenship. In fact, while the number wanting to see legalization dropped by one percent since the same question was asked in late 2007, a significantly higher percentage polled preferred a path to citizenship versus temporary status. For all of those saying that the public won't accept legalization during a severe economic downturn, the...

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on May 03, 2009 (boomark / email).