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6/03/2010

58% Say No to Citizenship for Children of Illegal Immigrants

Via-Rasmussen Report

Fifty-eight percent (58%) of U.S. voters say a child born to an illegal immigrant in this country should not automatically become a citizen of the United States, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

Thirty-three percent (33%) disagree and say if a women enters the United States as an illegal alien and gives birth to a child here, that child should automatically be a U.S. citizen. That’s what the current law allows and many believe it would require a Constitutional Amendment to change the law.

Voter sentiments are basically unchanged from four years ago when the Senate was considering the immigration issue. The Senate was eventually forced to drop its plans and surrender to public opinion on the topic.

On another aspect of the debate, voters overwhelmingly oppose allowing illegal immigrants to be eligible for state and federal government benefits. Just nine percent (9%) say illegals should receive such benefits, but 85% say they should not....

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1 comment:

  1. "Thirty-three percent (33%) disagree"

    dang, there it is again, that 20-30%.

    Looks like they are wasting their time doing these surveys at all.

    Might as well just say that 20-30% will agree with the morons no matter what.

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