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 Editorials | Issues | June 2007 
US Poll: Law Enforcement Biggest Issue
 UPI
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| | A plurality of participants in a UPI-Zogby International poll said enforcement of existing laws is the biggest immigration issue in the United States. |
Washington - A plurality of participants in a UPI-Zogby International poll said enforcement of existing laws is the biggest immigration issue in the United States.
Some 42.2 percent of those asked said enforcement of immigration laws among immigrants already in the United States was their top issue. Other options were increasing border security (29.1 percent) and a guest-worker program and reform of ways of applying for U.S. citizenship (22.8 percent).
Democrats and Republicans differed on their view of the three issues. While a plurality of Republican respondents opted for current law enforcement - 44.3 percent - another 43.9 percent said increasing border security was most important. That difference is within the poll's 1.1 percentage-point margin of error.
A plurality of Democrats (37.3 percent) choose the guest-worker program as the biggest issue but 37 percent answered law enforcement; again a statistical tie.
There was another tie among respondents when asked about the most effective way to secure the U.S.-Mexico border. Both "building a wall along the entire border" and "increasing the use of technology near the border" were chosen by 28.8 percent of those asked. Third was for "increasing (the) number of officers patrolling away from checkpoints" (23.3 percent).
A total of 8,300 U.S. residents participated in the June 15-18 Zogby interactive poll. |
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