Should the government spend more money to tighten border security and prevent illegal immigration?
Results of the survey indicate that residents are split over levels of legal immigration. One-third of the respondents feel immigration should be kept at its present level, while slightly less, 30 percent, feel it should be increased and 27 percent believe it should be decreased. As for citizenship for children of illegal immigrants, 64 percent believe these children should continue to be entitled to citizenship, while 31 percent say they should not. Sixty-one percent feel that the borders should be tightened, while about a third say they should not. The Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll asked a question similar to the Southern California Survey about providing a path to citizenship for illegal immigrant, though the question also listed requirements for this path, including registering … paying a fine, getting fingerprinted and learning English, among other requirements. That survey found that 63 percent of Americans supported such a proposal, 23 percent opposed it and 14 percent did
