{"id":12027,"date":"2016-02-23T14:43:08","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T19:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=12027"},"modified":"2018-12-28T13:42:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T18:42:07","slug":"do-we-the-people-want-more-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2016\/02\/23\/do-we-the-people-want-more-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Do \u2018We the People\u2019 Want More Immigration?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Boston Globe columnist Evan Horowitz wrote<\/a> on February 22 that Donald Trump<\/a> is out of touch with the American public because, \u201cA growing majority<\/a> believe that immigration should either be kept at its current level or increased.\u201d That claim is an old shibboleth. It is equally valid to say that a majority believe that immigration should be decreased or kept at its current level<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Gallup Poll data cited by the writer show 33 percent wanting a decrease and 40 percent wanting no change. [Note: That latter level decreases when respondents are told that current immigration in currently more than one million persons per year.] The 73 percent total is obviously a large majority. Those supporting an increase \u2013 25 percent of respondents \u2013 are a much smaller number than the one-third favoring reduction.<\/p>\n

Read more on Trump’s Official Platform Position<\/em> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Additional Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Births To Foreign-Born Mothers in the United States<\/a><\/p>\n

Estimates of the Components of Population Change<\/a>