Poll: Most Open to Letting Immigrants Stay

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A slim majority of Americans are open to allowing undocumented workers to obtain some sort of temporary legal status to remain in the United States, with stronger support for the idea among Democrats, younger adults and more educated Americans, a new poll finds.

Overall, 56 percent of Americans favor offering illegal immigrants a shot at some kind of legal status; roughly two-thirds of those ages 18-34 like the idea and an equal share of those with a college education agree, the AP-Ipsos survey found.

While Democrats were more likely to support temporary worker status, with 62 percent favoring the idea, even among Republicans there was majority support, by a narrower 52 percent, according to the poll. snip

Likewise, there was deep division on how serious a crime it should be enter the country illegally. Fifty-one percent thought it should be considered a "minor offense" and 47 percent considered it a "serious criminal offense."

Despite the continuous flow of vilification and thinly veiled racism presented by the right wing.

...about some Mexicans having Tuberculosis like he did last week? That should help to convince the knuckledraggers that 'all' Mexicans are dirty and disease ridden just like Hitler did with the Jews. Maybe that will help get the numbers going their way?

Don

Some of the right wing, like some on the left wing, don't like exploitation and prefer a stronger American infrastructure.

I'm pleasantly surprised that at least half of Americans don't seem to be buying the "it's the illegals' fault" line. Now we need to make sure the blame is shifted squarely to where it belongs: On the corporations.

:applause:

The media is really playing the emotional masturbation - essential because it's easier to feel than to think about how one facet affects the entire crystal.