Sunday, August 28, 2016

The Hill: Poll: 67 percent think illegal immigrants more likely to commit serious crime

By Alexander Bolton, Aug. 28, 2016, The Hill

A new poll by the Pew Research Center shows that 67 percent of Americans think illegal immigrants are more likely than citizens to commit serious crimes, data that may hearten Donald Trump given the Republican presidential nominee’s tough stance on illegal immigration.

The Republican National Convention in Cleveland earlier this summer featured speeches by parents whose children were killed by illegal immigrants.


But while two-thirds of respondents nationwide think illegal immigrants are more likely to commit serious crimes, 61 percent oppose building a wall along the U.S-Mexico border, which Trump has endorsed throughout his presidential campaign.

A plurality, 45 percent, believe that creating a path for illegal immigrants to become citizens and strengthening border security, along with the enforcement of immigration laws, should be given equal priority.

Those were the pillars of the comprehensive immigration reform bill passed by the Senate in 2013 that stalled in the GOP-controlled House.

Trump has recently opened the door to proposals that would allow illegal immigrants to become U.S. citizens.

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