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Minnesota: Immigration

Attentiveness to Immigration Policy
Importance As Voting Issue
Border Control
Deportation of Illegal Aliens
Rules for U.S. Citizenship
Goal of Immigration System
Effect of Immigration on Jobs
Costs vs. Benefits of Immigrants

Attentiveness to Immigration Policy

Following News Stories About Immigration Legislation

Poll	Date	Very closely	Somewhat closely	Not very closely	Not at all	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Rasmussen¹	April 27, 2006	36%	45%	15%	4%	0%	500 LV	± 4.5

1 "How closely have you followed news stories about the Congressional debate on immigration legislation?"

Following News Stories About Governor Pawlenty's Immigration Policy

Poll	Date	Very closely	Somewhat closely	Not very closely	Not at all	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Rasmussen¹	January 16, 2006	22%	40%	32%	5%	1%	500 LV	± 4.5

1 "How closely have you followed news stories about Governor Pawlenty's views on immigration legislation?"

Importance As Voting Issue

Importance of Immigration As Voting Issue

Poll	Date	Very	Somewhat	Not very	Not at all	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Rasmussen¹	January 16, 2006	35%	41%	16%	5%	3%	500 LV	± 4.5

1 "As a voting issue, how important is immigration?"

Border Control

Control Borders First Before Making New Immigration Laws

Poll	Date	Agree	Disagree	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Rasmussen¹	April 27, 2006	65%	23%	11%	500 LV	± 4.5

1 "Some people say it makes no sense to debate new rules for immigration until we can control our borders and enforce the existing laws. Do you agree or disagree?"

Build a Barrier On U.S. - Mexican Border

Poll	Date	Favor	Oppose	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Rasmussen¹	January 16, 2006	59%	26%	15%	500 LV	± 4.5

1 "A proposal has been made to build a barrier along the U.S. - Mexican border. Do you favor or oppose building a barrier to help reduce illegal immigration?"

Deportation of Illegal Aliens

Poll	Date	Yes	No	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Rasmussen¹	April 27, 2006	33%	44%	23%	500 LV	± 4.5

1 "There are currently 11 million illegal aliens living in the United States. Most have lived here for more than five years. Should the United States forcibly require all 11 million illegal aliens to leave this country?"

Rules for U.S. Citizenship

Citizenship for Children Born of Illegal Immigrants

Poll	Date	Yes	No	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Rasmussen¹	April 27, 2006	29%	56%	14%	500 LV	± 4.5

1 "Suppose a woman enters the United States as an illegal alien and gives birth to a child in the United States. Should that child automatically become a citizen of the United States?"

Goal of Immigration System

Immigration Policy Welcome All Except Criminals and Welfare Seekers

Poll	Date	Agree	Disagree	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Rasmussen¹	April 27, 2006	54%	28%	18%	500 LV	± 4.5

1 "Some people believe that the goal of immigration policy should be to keep out national security threats, criminals, and those who would come here to live off our welfare system. Beyond that, all immigrants would be welcome. Do you agree or disagree with that goal for immigration policy?"

Effect of Immigration on Jobs

Effect of Immigration on American Jobs

Poll	Date	Take jobs away from Americans	Do jobs Americans don’t want	No opinion	Sample	MoE
SurveyUSA¹	December 9-11, 2005	41%	54%	5%	600	± 4.1

1 "Which of these two statements do you agree with more: One: Immigrants take jobs away from Americans. Two: Immigrants do jobs that Americans don't want."

Costs vs. Benefits of Immigrants

Poll	Date	Costs outweigh benefits	Benefits outweigh costs	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Pioneer Press / MPR	September 11-14, 2004	44%	37%	19%	625 LV	± 4.0