© Agencia EFEChicago Chicago's immigrants say police checkpoints have "devastating effects" because two-thirds of them detained end up being deported by ICE.
The survey was carried out by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), who said that those respondents in favor of undocumented immigrants being allowed to remain in the country included Republicans, who usually advocate against any benefits for immigrants who lack documents.
The poll's findings come as some candidates fighting for the Republican presidential nomination take strong anti-undocumented immigration policy stances. Republican presidential hopeful frontrunner Donald Trump, for example, has said he would deport the estimated 11 million people living in the United States without papers
I asked the (poll) question because of all the chatter on immigration this summer," said PPIC President Mark Baldassare. "What I found was Californians, much more than the nation as a whole, say that we need to find a way for undocumented immigrants who live and work here to stay here."
According to July poll by ABC News and Washington Post, 60 percent of the people in the United States expressed being in favor of a path to legal status for the millions of undocumented immigrants, who are mainly from Mexico and Central America.
The PPIC poll showed that 83 percent of Democrats, 53 percent of Republicans and 70 percent of independents were in favor of these immigrants to stay in the U.S. if they pay a fine and meet other requirements. On average, 75 percent were in favor.
Ethnically, the survey revealed that 76 percent of Asians, 68 percent of Blacks, 92 percent of Latinos and 63 percent of whites were in favor of a path to legal status. "Those opposed to such a policy included 15 percent of Democrats, 43 percent of Republicans and 26 percent of independents," said Reuters citing the PPIC survey.
About 43 percent of registered California voters are Democrats, while 28 percent are Republicans and 24 say they have no party preference.
But look at the image, most of those protestors are Latino. I wonder how many are here illegally? The vast number of them that have entered the country illegally have drained the coffers of many states not to mention the federal governments various agencies that deal with them. They take jobs that Americans would gladly do in this crumbling economy. Its a fiction that no one would cut grass or trim meat. Oh, it's better for the corporation to pay illegal workers less then an American would make.
This situation is but a block in the wall of problems plaguing the country. If we don't stand up and do something, there won't be a future for our children or our grandchildren. Politicians have no desire to change what they are doing. It's all going according to plan for them. If change is going to happen, it will have to be done by us, the people.