and that particular poll did not distinguish between legal and illegal (and temporary) immigration.
I have seen (but will have to wait until later to try to find) other polls that distinguish better between those. (the numbers were very different based on the group) On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Vivec wrote: > > > "An update to one of Gallup's longest-standing questions on immigration > > finds more Americans in favor of keeping levels the same (42%) than in > > favor of decreasing them (35%). For most of the past 40 years, the > > opposite has been true, with more calling for decreased immigration than > > keeping the status quo." > > > > So it seems to be a fairly recent switch. > > > Perhaps, though even if I accept it, I think any pushback is more related > to competition for jobs more than healthcare (as the original post > claimed). > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:364028 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
