Poll Shows 'Extreme' Immigration Proposals Are Broadly Popular

Poll Shows 'Extreme' Immigration Proposals Are Broadly Popular
"Survey finds strong support for reducing entry, mandating consistent use of E-Verify, and curtailing 'chain migration'
Proposals to reduce legal immigration, give preferences to immigrants with advanced skills and education, and crack down on companies that hire illegal immigrants are often considered “extreme” in the nation’s capital.
...“Most of the political elite just totally haven’t understood that Americans for a long, long time have wanted a legal immigration cut,” said NumbersUSA President Roy Beck, whose group lobbies for a reduction in migration to the United States.

Some highlights of the poll results include:

• Fifty-nine percent said new immigrants should be able to bring in their spouses and minor children, but not extended family members. 
• When respondents were told the United States awards 1 million green cards a year and gives six different choices for possible immigration levels, the most popular range was 250,000 or less. Nearly half — 49 percent — chose that option, which is well below any proposed to date by politicians in Washington. Only 17 percent chose the status quo or an immigration increase. 
• Told Congress is considering eliminating 250,000 "chain migration" visas a year, respondents by a margin of 53 percent to 24 percent favored reducing immigration rather than redistributing those visas to allow businesses to bring in more foreign workers. 
• By a margin of 52 percent to 24 percent, respondents favored requiring all businesses to use the E-Verity system to check the legal status of new hires under legislation to grant amnesty to young adult illegal immigrants who came to America as children. 
• By a margin of 63 percent to 20 percent, respondents rejected granting amnesty to the young illegal immigrants if the legislation kept the status quo on chain migration, E-Verify, and current immigration levels...

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