"A poll of likely American voters at the end of September reveals great discomfort about the rapid U.S. population growth caused by federal immigration policies.
-- Current population growth trends draw a negative reaction from the majority of likely voters of every group of Americans, regardless of race, political party, age, gender, income, education, marital status, type of occupation or place of residence in the nine regional divisions in the survey.
-- Only 3 percent of likely voters believe immigration numbers should be increased over present levels. This suggests congressional leaders made a wise political choice to go back home to campaign for re-election without moving the Senate's or the president's plans for large immigration increases.
2006-10-02
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-- Asked how the present population-growth trend would affect their own community if immigration is not reduced, nine times more respondents said the population growth would make their quality of life worse rather than better (65 percent to 7 percent). There was little difference among the regions.
-- Sixty-four percent of likely voters say the country's response to current population growth should be to "reduce the number of immigrants entering the U.S."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20061002/pl_usnw/new_poll_shows_most_americans_prefer_reducing_immigration_as_nation_hits300m_mark__full_survey_oct_3_at_national_press_club138_
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2006-10-02
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