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Article: Most Americans Favor Giving Illegal Immigrants a Chance; Few back mass deportation option.(Survey)
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- Gallup Poll News Service
- Article date:
- April 25, 2007
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Byline: Lydia Saad
Synopsis: Few Americans take a hard line against illegal immigrants, saying they should be required to leave the United States and not allowed to return. By contrast, nearly four in five favor making some accommodation for illegal immigrants to become legal citizens. Despite President Bush's claim that enhanced security along the U.S.-Mexico border is working, few Americans perceive that progress has been made on illegal immigration over the past year.
PRINCETON, NJ -- Speaking at an Arizona Border Patrol station in early April, President George W. Bush renewed his call for Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill this ...