{"id":12232,"date":"2016-03-08T16:38:54","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T21:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=12232"},"modified":"2018-12-28T13:38:29","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T18:38:29","slug":"poll-americans-overwhelmingly-favor-limited-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2016\/03\/08\/poll-americans-overwhelmingly-favor-limited-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Favor Limited Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new poll<\/a>, to be released later this month in its entirety, finds 61 percent of Americans surveyed believe \u201ccontinued immigration [both legal and illegal]into the country jeopardizes the United States.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0The poll, commissioned by A.T. Kearney consulting firm, was conducted between October and November 2015 and included 2,590 respondents.<\/p>\n

A majority of all the groups surveyed found immigration to be hurtful.\u00a0 Sixty-five percent of baby boomers agreed, while 55 percent of millennials did.\u00a0 Baby boomers were likely driven by their concerns that immigrants could take health care, Social Security and other services away.\u00a0 Millennials, on the other hand, were likely cognizant of immigration\u2019s impact on their job prospects in terms of lower wages and fewer opportunities.<\/p>\n

The bottom line is that immigration is becoming more important to Americans.\u00a0 As recently as 2002, a Harris poll found that only 1 percent of Americans mentioned immigration as one of the top two most important issues for the government to address.\u00a0 Last year, 19 percent did.