Toplines - Arizona Immigration - July 29, 2010

Arizona State Survey of 500 Likely Voters

Conducted July 29, 2010

By Rasmussen Reports

 

 

1* Do you favor or oppose the state’s new immigration law?

 

    66% Favor
    27% Oppose
      7% Not sure

 

2* A federal judge has blocked the implementation of the Arizona immigration law until all the legal challenges are decided in court. Do you agree or disagree with the judge’s decision?

 

   34% Agree
59% Disagree
  6% Not sure

 

3* Should governor Jan Brewer Appeal the decision to block implementation of the law?

 

   59% Yes

   29% No
12% Not sure

 

4* Which is the better approach to dealing with illegal immigration—allowing individual states to act on their own to enforce immigration laws or relying upon the federal government to enforce immigration laws?

 

   53% Allowing individual states to act on their own to enforce immigration laws

   40% Relying on the federal government to enforce immigration laws
  7% Not sure

 

5* How concerned are you that efforts to identify and deport illegal immigrants will also end up violating the civil rights of some U.S. citizens?

 

   28% Very concerned

   16% Somewhat concerned

   31% Not very concerned

   23% Not at all concerned

     2% Not sure

 

6* Is it possible to end illegal immigration?

 

     49% Yes

     37% No

     13% Not sure

 

7* Some U.S. cities welcome illegal immigrants and offer the immigrants various forms of sanctuary. Should the federal government cut off funds to cities that provide sanctuary for illegal immigrants?

 

     65% Yes

     25% No

     10% Not sure

 

8* The United States Justice Department has decided not to take legal action against cities that offer illegal immigrants various forms of sanctuary.  Should the Justice Department take legal action against cities that provide sanctuary for illegal immigrants?    

 

    61% Yes
    30% No
     8% Not sure

 

9* Should the United States continue building a fence along the Mexican border?

 

     71% Yes

     25% No

      5% Not sure

 

10* Suppose a woman enters the United States as an illegal alien and gives birth to a child in the United States.  Should that child automatically become a citizen of the United States?

 

    28% Yes
    67% No

      5% Not sure

 

 

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence