Gallup: More in U.S. Would Decrease Immigration Than Increase

PRINCETON, NJ -- While illegal immigration typically dominates debates over immigration policy, the issue of legal immigration came to the forefront in the recent Virginia Republican primary when House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was soundly defeated by Tea Party favorite Dave Brat. Brat highlighted Cantor's support for expanding visas for skilled immigrants in his blistering charge that Cantor is soft on immigration. Brat's case may have been a fairly easy one to make, as new Gallup polling finds fewer than one in four Americans favor increased immigration.



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Despite Americans' resistance to increasing immigration, the great majority continue to view immigration in positive terms for the country, with 63% calling it a good thing. That is down from 2013's high of 72%, but still exceeding the sub-60% readings found during the recent recession and, before that, in the wake of 9/11.



full: http://www.gallup.com/poll/171962/decrease-immigration-increase.aspx

however it doesn't address the "path to citizenship" that comprehensive immigration reform proposed by the President, Democrats, and even some Republicans (which wouldn't increase/decrease immigration but rather legalize the undocumented immigrants already here.)