Poll: Americans Favor Legal Status for the Undocumented
The latest New York Times poll shows a strong majority of Americans favor allowing undocumented residents to obtain legal status:
Taking a pragmatic view on a divisive issue, a large majority of Americans want to change the immigration laws to allow illegal immigrants to gain legal status and to create a new guest worker program to meet future labor demands, the poll found.
Two-thirds of those polled said illegal immigrants who had a good employment history and no criminal record should gain legal status as the bill proposes, which is by paying at least $5,000 in fines and fees and receiving a renewable four-year visa.
The respondents weren't specifically asked about the compromise legislation.
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