CNN: Six in Ten Americans Support a Path to Legal Status for Undocumented Immigrants

‘Ninety percent of those polled said they would support offering citizenship to immigrants here illegally who currently hold a job, speak English and are willing to pay back taxes’

TAPPER: “Six in ten Americans say they would prefer to see a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants, compared to 39 percent who favor a plan to stop illegal entry or support deportation. Ninety percent of those polled said they would support offering citizenship to immigrants here illegally who currently hold a job, speak English and are willing to pay back taxes. Fifty-eight percent of those polled say they are concerned that deportation efforts might go too causing undocumented immigrants who have not committed any serious crimes to be forcibly removed from the United States.”

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