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...About 7 in 10 (72%) favor granting temporary visas to immigrants not currently in the United States to do seasonal or temporary work here and then return to their own countries; About 3 in 4 (78%) favor allowing illegal immigrants in the U.S. citizenship if they learn English, have a job and pay taxes; A majority (55%) think illegal immigrants are taking jobs that U.S. citizens do not want or cannot...
...While Americans overwhelmingly favor the guest worker option, they also want a crackdown at the border and stiff penalties for employers who hire illegals. 82% say that the United States is not doing enough to keep illegals from entering this country. 62% favor taking whatever steps are necessary at the borders, including the use of the military, to cut the flow of illegals into this country. 56% favor building a security fence along the U.S.-Mexican border. 71% support major penalties for employers who hire illegals...
...Partisanship and Geography Differences Partisan differences complicate the issue further. However, these are mainly differences in degree: Republicans more than Democrats believe illegal immigration is a very serious problem (79%-64%), as do white, born-again Christians (76%). Republicans are more in favor than Democrats of providing and enforcing major penalties for employers convicted of hiring illegals (77%-66%), stopping illegals at the border from entering the U.S. by whatever steps necessary (71%-54%) and deporting all illegals back to their home countries...
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