National polls consistently reflect a strong
dissatisfaction with the current mass immigration
policies of the United States government.
Native-born and foreign-born Americans alike want a
reduction in immigration. Although the American
public desires a significant reduction in
immigration, institutions and organizations are not
responding to this desire. See Disconnect.
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Wall Street Journal/NBC News, December 1998:
72% feel "immigration should not increase
because it will cost U.S. jobs and increase
unemployment."
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Wirthlin Worldwide, August 1997
53% of all Americans think immigration should be
decreased.
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Horatio Alger Association, August 1996:
67% of teens feel legal immigration to the U.S.
should be reduced.
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Wall Street Journal's American Opinion Survey,
December 1996 72% of all Americans favor lowering
immigration.
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Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, March 1996 52%
of adult Americans favor establishing a five-year
ban on ALL legal and illegal immigration into the
United States.
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NPG/Roper Poll, February 1996:
83% of Americans favor a lower level of
immigration.
70% want immigration reduced to 300,000 annually.
20% want to halt all immigration.
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USA Today/Gallup, July 1995
65% of Americans thought that the level of
immigration should be decreased.
61% of immigrants favored a national identity ID
card
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CBS News/New York Times, September 1995:
63% of Americans think immigration levels were
too high.
66% of Republicans want less immigration.
60% of Democrats want less immigration.
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Opinion Research Corporation, July 1995
63% thought that our immigration policy is too
generous.
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CBS News/New York Times, September 1994
63% of Americans thought that the level of
immigration should be decreased, including 66% of
Republicans, 60% of Democrats, and 64% of
independents.
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CBS News, January 1994
65% thought conditions in the U.S. were too
difficult to admit immigrants who have nothing.
53% thought most recent immigrants cause
problems.
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Time/CNN, September 1993:
80% consider it important for the federal
government to track down illegal aliens living
the United States.
73% feel the U.S. should "strictly
limit" immigration.
50% favor requiring all U.S. citizens to carry a
national identification card.
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Newsweek, July 1993:
59% feel that immigration was a good thing for
this country in the past.
60% feel that immigration is a bad thing for this
country now.
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CNN/USA Today/Gallup, July 1993:
76% feel that immigration should be stopped or
reduced until the economy improves.
65% believe immigration should be decreased
generally.
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Hispanic USA Research Group survey of
Hispanic Americans, June 1993:
89% of Hispanic Americans strongly support an
immediate moratorium on immigration.
74% feel fewer immigrants should be allowed and
stronger restrictions should be enforced.
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New York Times/CBS News, June 1993
61% felt that immigration should be decreased
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Latino National Political Survey, December 1992
75% of Mexican-Americans agree there are too many
immigrants in this country
79% of Puerto Ricans agree;
65% of Cuban-Americans agree;
74% of "Anglos" agree.
