Polls

Seventy-two percent of U.S. engineers say our government should limit the number of foreign engineers and technical professionals. EE Times; October 29, 2007

Fifty-nine percent of Americans polled believe [i]llegal immigrants take American jobs. American Solutions "Border Security Survey"; August 27-29, 2007

Seventy-eight percent of Americans polled do not believe [t]he US economy would collapse without illegal workers. American Solutions "Border Security Survey"; August 27-29, 2007

Seventy-seven percent of Americans polled believe [i]f employers are not allowed to hire illegal workers, it would reduce the number of illegal immigrants in this country. American Solutions "Border Security Survey"; August 27-29, 2007

Fifty-seven percent of adults polled favor an immigration bill that incorporates imposing new fines on businesses that hire illegal aliens.
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll; June 8-11, 2007

Fifty-nine percent of Americans polled believe the more effective way to deal with the potential treat to national security posed by millions of illegal immigrants living within the United States is to crack down on illegal immigration by toughening the enforcement of existing laws, deporting illegal immigrants and prosecuting the employers who illegally employ workers.
UPI/Zogby Poll; April 13-16, 2007

Seventy-seven percent of Americans polled believe employers should be punished for hiring illegal aliens.
Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll; April 5-9, 2007

Sixty-three percent of California voters favor stiffening penalties on businesses that hire illegal aliens.
Field Poll; March 20-31, 2007

Seventy-nine percent of likely American voters disagree that public officials should use taxpayer funds to operate day laborer sites that help illegal aliens.
Judicial Watch-Zogby International Poll of Likely Voters; March 22-26, 2007

Eighty-six percent of Americans favor the government issuing new tamper-proof Social Security cards as a way for people to prove they are eligible to work in the United States and believe such cards should be shown by potential new hires in order to get a job in the U.S.
USA Today/Gallup Poll; March 2-4, 2007

Fifty-five percent of Arizona voters would support a proposal that would make it a felony for businesses in Arizona to hire illegal immigrants. KAET-TV and Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication poll; February 22-25, 2007

Eighty-three percent of Iowa's adults place more of the blame on companies that hired the undocumented immigrants, while nine percent pin more of the blame on the workers. The other eight percent are undecided.
The Iowa Poll, January 21-24, 2007

Sixty-three percent of American voters support or oppose fining businesses that employ illegal immigrants.
Quinnipiac University Poll; November 13-19, 2006

Fifty-six percent of Colorado residents polled, including fifty-nine percent of Hispanics, believe employers should be "severely penalized" for hiring illegal aliens.
The Denver Post/Mason-Dixon Polling and Research, July 12-13, 2006

Seventy-six percent of micro-business owners believe illegal immigration is a serious issue facing the nation.
National Association for the Self-Employed member survey, June 2006

Micro-business owners indicated the following reasons why they believe illegal immigration is a problem for our nation:

• Thirteen percent - National Security and Terrorism
• Thirty-two percent - Cost of illegal immigration on taxpayers
• Twenty-three percent - Burden to our public services (health care, schools, etc.)
• Thirteen percent - Loss of jobs and/or low wages of Americans due to low cost, illegal labor
• One percent - Increased crime
• Ten percent - Against the law to be in our country undocumented
• Seven percent - Other
  National Association for the Self-Employed member survey, June 2006

Micro-business owners said they favor the following proposals relating to immigration which have been suggested by Congress and the Administration:

• Fifty-eight percent - Construct a wall at our borders to stop illegal crossings.
• Eighty-eight percent - Construct a wall at our borders to stop illegal crossings.
• Seventy-two percent - Utilize National Guard troops at the Mexican border to help border patrol stop those trying to cross the border illegally.
• Eighty-four percent - Impose tougher penalties on companies that hire illegal immigrants.
• Sixty-two percent - Do not allow illegal immigrants at all in our country. If immigrants enter illegally, detain them and return them to their country of origin.
  National Association for the Self-Employed member survey, June 2006

Sixty percent of Americans favor imposing fines of tens of thousands of dollars on employers who hire illegal immigrants.
Opinion Research Corporation/Lou Dobbs poll, June 8-11, 2006

Eighty-one percent of Americans polled support strict criminal penalties on employers who, after repeatedly being cited, persist in knowingly hiring illegal aliens.
Roper ASW Poll conducted for Negative Population Growth (NPG), April 14-16, 2006

Eighty-four percent of Americans believe the most effective way to reduce illegal immigration is to cut off the employment incentive for coming here by instituting tough penalties for businesses that hire illegal immigrants. More than half think this would be "very effective," and another 32% say it would be "somewhat effective."
The Gallup Poll, April 7-9, 2006

Fifty-nine percent of black California voters favor imposing stiff penalties on employers and individuals who hire illegal aliens.
The Field Poll, April 3-10, 2006

Sixty percent of California voters favor imposing stiff penalties on employers and individuals who hire illegal aliens.
The Field Poll, April 3-10, 2006

Seventy-three percent of Americans favor imposing fines and criminal charges against employers who hire illegals.
Opinion Dynamics Poll for FOX News, April 4-5, 2006

More than ninety percent of NFIB small-business owners surveyed believe illegal immigration is a problem.  Seventy percent rank it as a "very serious" or "serious" problem.
National Federation of Independent Business Research Foundation Member Survey on Immigration, April 4, 2006

Eighty-six percent of NFIB small-business owners surveyed say illegal immigration should have a "very high" or "high" priority for Congress and the Bush administration.
National Federation of Independent Business Research Foundation Member Survey on Immigration, April 4, 2006

Sixty-three percent of NFIB small-business owners surveyed oppose amnesty for illegal immigrants if they only need to prove that they have been living in the U.S. for at least three years.
National Federation of Independent Business Research Foundation Member Survey on Immigration, April 4, 2006

Increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens was supported by 78 percent of NFIB small-business owners surveyed.
National Federation of Independent Business Research Foundation Member Survey on Immigration, April 4, 2006

Seventy-six percent of Americans polled are concerned that American workers can't afford to work for the same low wages as illegal aliens.
Time Magazine/SRBI Survey, January 24-26, 2006

Sixty-three percent of Americans polled are concerned about illegal aliens taking away jobs from American workers.
Time Magazine/SRBI Survey, January 24-26, 2006

Seventy-four percent of Americans polled favor providing major penalties for employers convicted of hiring illegal aliens and strongly enforcing it.
Time Magazine/SRBI Survey, January 24-26, 2006

Eighty percent on Arizona voters favor penalizing businesses that hire illegal aliens.
KAET-TV and Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication poll, January 19-22, 2006

Eighty percent of Georgians polled said they would support a proposal that would punish employers of illegal aliens.
Zogby poll, December 27-29, 2005

Sixty percent of Americans polled say illegal immigrants mostly hurt the economy by driving wages down for many Americans.
CNN/GALLUP/USA TODAY, December 9-11, 2005

Eighty-six percent of Texans believe that U.S. businesses are contributing to the surge of illegal immigration by hiring undocumented workers.
Scripps Howard Texas poll, December 11, 2005

Eighty-three percent of Texans believe that businesses should identify and report undocumented immigrants.
Scripps Howard Texas poll, December 11, 2005

North Caroliniansbelieve companies that hire illegal aliens should be fined if caught.
John William Pope Civitas Institute poll, September 2005

Sixty-three percent of respondents say that illegal aliens should NOT be allowed to apply for work permits which would allow them to stay and work in the United States.
CBS News Poll, July 29-August 1, 2005

Fifty-seven percent of respondents oppose a program in which illegal aliens would be allowed to live and work legally in the United States.
Westhill Partners/Hotline poll, February 2005

A majority (58 percent) of Alabama residents believe that foreign guestworkers threaten American jobs.
Ask Alabama poll conducted by Auburn University, January 11, 2005

Fifty-six percent of respondents say they would oppose new laws to make it easier for illegal aliens to become legal workers.
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll, March 2004

Fifty-six percent of respondents say they would oppose new laws to make it easier for illegal aliens to become legal workers.
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll, March 2004

83 percent of respondents support fingerprinting and random interviewing of non-citizens entering the country (see question #34).
Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll, April 2004

69 percent of Texans say the federal government is not doing enough to stop illegal immigration.
Scripps Howard Texas Poll, March 2004

Those who oppose the President's guestworker plan oppose it with greater intensity than those who favor his plan support it. Only 14 percent of those who favor the President's plan say they will be upset if it does not pass while 41 percent of those who oppose it say they will be upset if it does pass.
Gallup Poll, February 2004

Those who oppose the President's guestworker plan oppose it with greater intensity than those who favor his plan support it. Only 14 percent of those who favor the President's plan say they will be upset if it does not pass while 41 percent of those who oppose it say they will be upset if it does pass.
Gallup Poll, February 2004

No issue upset the public more than President Bush' amnesty/guestworker proposals, with only one-third of Americans supporting him on that.
CBS News Poll/New York Times, January 2004

Only 34 percent of respondents support for the way President Bush is handling immigration policy when asked soon after he unveiled his plan to give legal work permits to illegal aliens and to start a mass foreign guest worker program.
Washington Post/ABC News poll, January 2004

In the month after President Bush announced his plan to give legal work permits to illegal aliens and to start a mass foreign guest worker program, Gallup found 53 percent of Americans dissatisfied with the direction of the nation. Specifically, 63 percent of respondents said they are "dissatisfied" with the level of immigration into the country today.
Gallup Poll, January 2004

Fifty-two percent of Americans oppose President Bush's guest worker-amnesty program for illegal aliens from Mexico; 57 percent oppose such a program for illegal aliens from other countries. Furthermore, at least twice as many Americans strongly oppose the proposal as strongly support it
ABC News Poll, January, 2004

President Bush's job approval rating has dropped by 10 percentile from 60 to 50 percent. His approval rating matches the lowest of his entire presidency, and his disapproval rating is now at the highest ever at 45 percent. One of the three main reasons for the decline in the President's popularity is his wildly unpopular amnesty/guest worker proposal. In fact, only one-third of Americans support the President's proposal to INCREASE legal immigration numbers.
CBS New Poll, January 2004

Only 14 percent of Americans believe foreign workers take jobs from Americans, but 65 percent believe immigrants mostly hurt the economy by driving wages down for many Americans
CNN Poll, January 2004 (Read analysis)

77 percent of Americans say “we should restrict and control people coming into the country to live more than we do now.”
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press Poll, November 2003

87 percent of those polled support sanctions against employers who hire illegal aliens. 83 percent of those polled support mandatory detention of illegal aliens.
RoperASW Poll, March 2003

88 percent agree and 68 percent strongly agree that Congress should pass a law requiring state and local government agencies to notify both the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and their local law-enforcement agency when they determine that a person is here illegally, or has presented a false identification document.
RoperASW Poll, March 2003

Owners of independent businesses oppose expansion of "temporary guest worker programs to ease worker shortages" by a nearly 3-1 margin. Only 24 percent favored expanding guest worker programs.
National Federation of Independent Business survey, 2002

An amnesty for illegal aliens with long-term jobs is opposed by a more than 4-1 margin among owners of independent businesses. Only 16 percent say illegal aliens should have the right to "earn" their way to legal residency through work.
National Federation of Independent Business survey, 2000

Owners of independent businesses support federal fines against businesses that hire illegal aliens. Only 26 percent say sanctions against hiring illegal workers should be repealed.
National Federation of Independent Business survey, 1996