Immigration Index Trends

Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index
May 10-14	99.0
May 3-7	104.2
Apr 26-30	101.6
Apr 19-23	103.0
Apr 12-16	102.2
Apr 5-9	102.6
Mar 29-Apr 2	98.7
Mar 22-26	97.9
Mar 15-19	99.6
Mar 8-12	101.1
Mar 1-5	100.3
Feb 23-27	101.6
Feb 16-20	99.7
Feb 9-13	102.4
Feb 2-6	105.8
Jan 26-30	99.7
Jan 19-23	102.7
Jan 12-16	100.5
Jan 5-9	99.7
Dec 29-30 & Jan 2-4, 2020	98.4
Dec 23-28	100.1
Dec 15-19	97.0
Dec 8-12	92.4
Dec 2-6, 2019	100.0

On the question of illegal immigration, is the government doing too much or too little to reduce illegal border crossings and visitor overstays?
Dates:	Too much	Too little	About right	Not sure
May 10-14	34%	40%	21%	6%
May 3-7	34%	37%	21%	8%
Apr 26-30	34%	36%	23%	8%
Apr 19-23	34%	36%	23%	7%
Apr 12-16	32%	40%	21%	7%
Apr 5-9	35%	38%	20%	7%
Mar 29-Apr 2	32%	38%	24%	7%
Mar 22-26	31%	39%	22%	8%
Mar 15-19	33%	40%	20%	7%
Mar 8-12	32%	38%	21%	9%
Mar 1-5	34%	40%	19%	7%
Feb 23-27	34%	39%	19%	8%
Feb 16-20	31%	44%	18%	7%
Feb 9-13	34%	41%	18%	8%
Feb 2-6	35%	40%	18%	7%
Jan 26-30	33%	42%	18%	7%
Jan 19-23	32%	41%	19%	7%
Jan 12-16	37%	39%	17%	7%
Jan 5-9	31%	43%	17%	9%
Dec 29-30 & Jan 2-4, 2020	29%	44%	17%	9%
Dec 23-28	33%	43%	17%	8%
Dec 15-19	30%	46%	17%	7%
Dec 8-12	31%	48%	15%	6%
Dec 2-6, 2019	32%	45%	15%	8%

In trying to control illegal immigration, should the government mandate that all employers use the federal electronic E-Verify system to help ensure that they hire only legal workers for U.S. jobs?
Dates:	Yes	No	Not sure
May 10-14	66%	21%	13%
May 3-7	61%	23%	16%
Apr 26-30	65%	21%	14%
Apr 19-23	64%	22%	14%
Apr 12-16	66%	19%	15%
Apr 5-9	64%	20%	16%
Mar 29-Apr 2	67%	19%	13%
Mar 22-26	68%	17%	15%
Mar 15-19	68%	21%	11%
Mar 8-12	66%	22%	13%
Mar 1-5	68%	19%	13%
Feb 23-27	68%	21%	11%
Feb 16-20	66%	19%	15%
Feb 9-13	68%	19%	14%
Feb 2-6	64%	22%	14%
Jan 26-30	68%	20%	12%
Jan 19-23	66%	20%	14%
Jan 12-16	67%	21%	12%
Jan 5-9	68%	20%	12%
Dec 29-30 & Jan 2-4, 2020	68%	19%	13%
Dec 23-28	66%	20%	14%
Dec 15-19	67%	21%	12%
Dec 8-12	69%	18%	13%
Dec 2-6, 2019	68%	19%	13%

Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose giving lifetime work permits to most of the approximately two million illegal residents who came to this country when they were minors?
Dates:	Strongly favor	Somewhat favor	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose	Not sure
May 10-14	32%	25%	18%	18%	6%
May 3-7	35%	24%	18%	16%	7%
Apr 26-30	35%	25%	18%	15%	7%
Apr 19-23	36%	25%	16%	17%	6%
Apr 12-16	36%	25%	17%	17%	6%
Apr 5-9	37%	25%	16%	15%	7%
Mar 29-Apr 2	33%	26%	17%	17%	6%
Mar 22-26	33%	25%	17%	17%	8%
Mar 15-19	36%	23%	18%	18%	6%
Mar 8-12	34%	24%	16%	18%	7%
Mar 1-5	35%	22%	16%	19%	8%
Feb 23-27	34%	23%	18%	18%	8%
Feb 16-20	33%	23%	17%	19%	7%
Feb 9-13	34%	25%	17%	18%	7%
Feb 2-6	34%	27%	16%	16%	6%
Jan 26-30	36%	22%	19%	16%	7%
Jan 19-23	37%	22%	16%	18%	6%
Jan 12-16	35%	25%	16%	17%	6%
Jan 5-9	32%	24%	17%	19%	8%
Dec 29-30 & Jan 2-4, 2020	33%	24%	16%	18%	8%
Dec 23-28	35%	23%	18%	18%	7%
Dec 15-19	32%	25%	17%	19%	7%
Dec 8-12	32%	24%	18%	20%	7%
Dec 2-6, 2019	34%	24%	17%	18%	6%

Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose giving lifetime work permits to most of the estimated 12 million illegal residents of all ages who currently reside in the United States?
Dates:	Strongly favor	Somewhat favor	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose	Not sure
May 10-14	20%	23%	23%	28%	6%
May 3-7	22%	24%	20%	27%	7%
Apr 26-30	22%	25%	19%	27%	7%
Apr 19-23	22%	27%	18%	26%	6%
Apr 12-16	25%	21%	18%	29%	7%
Apr 5-9	24%	23%	19%	27%	7%
Mar 29-Apr 2	21%	25%	19%	29%	7%
Mar 22-26	20%	24%	19%	30%	8%
Mar 15-19	22%	22%	20%	30%	6%
Mar 8-12	23%	20%	19%	29%	8%
Mar 1-5	23%	21%	19%	30%	7%
Feb 23-27	22%	22%	19%	30%	7%
Feb 16-20	21%	22%	18%	30%	8%
Feb 9-13	22%	23%	18%	30%	6%
Feb 2-6	23%	22%	18%	29%	7%
Jan 26-30	22%	22%	19%	30%	7%
Jan 19-23	23%	21%	20%	30%	6%
Jan 12-16	21%	25%	19%	28%	7%
Jan 5-9	19%	21%	19%	32%	9%
Dec 29-30 & Jan 2-4, 2020	21%	21%	20%	30%	7%
Dec 23-28	21%	24%	18%	29%	8%
Dec 15-19	20%	25%	21%	30%	5%
Dec 8-12	21%	21%	19%	33%	6%
Dec 2-6, 2019	22%	23%	18%	30%	7%

Which is closest to the number of new immigrants the government should be adding each year -- fewer than 500,000, 750,000, one million, one and a half million, or more than one and a half million?
Dates:	Fewer than 500,000	750,000	One million	One an a half million	More than one and a half million	Not sure
May 10-14	36%	14%	18%	8%	10%	14%
May 3-7	33%	14%	17%	8%	12%	16%
Apr 26-30	34%	13%	19%	8%	11%	15%
Apr 19-23	32%	16%	20%	8%	12%	13%
Apr 12-16	32%	13%	19%	8%	12%	16%
Apr 5-9	34%	14%	17%	8%	11%	16%
Mar 29-Apr 2	32%	15%	20%	6%	11%	16%
Mar 22-26	34%	16%	18%	6%	10%	15%
Mar 15-19	35%	14%	20%	6%	10%	14%
Mar 8-12	34%	14%	19%	7%	12%	15%
Mar 1-5	32%	13%	18%	8%	12%	17%
Feb 23-27	32%	13%	19%	8%	11%	16%
Feb 16-20	33%	15%	20%	6%	11%	16%
Feb 9-13	32%	15%	20%	6%	12%	14%
Feb 2-6	32%	13%	19%	9%	12%	15%
Jan 26-30	33%	15%	17%	8%	11%	16%
Jan 19-23	32%	13%	20%	7%	12%	17%
Jan 12-16	34%	14%	19%	7%	12%	15%
Jan 5-9	32%	14%	20%	7%	11%	15%
Dec 29-30 & Jan 2-4, 2020	34%	14%	19%	8%	11%	15%
Dec 23-28	34%	14%	18%	7%	10%	16%
Dec 15-19	36%	15%	17%	6%	11%	15%
Dec 8-12	38%	12%	18%	7%	10%	15%
Dec 2-6, 2019	33%	14%	18%	8%	12%	15%

Do you favor legal immigrants being allowed to bring with them only a spouse and minor children, or do you favor them also eventually bringing in other adult relatives in a process that can include extended family and their spouses' families?
Dates:	You favor legal immigrants being allowed to bring with them only a spouse and minor children	You favor also eventually bringing in other adult relatives that can include extended family and their spouses' families	Not sure
May 10-14	61%	29%	9%
May 3-7	57%	31%	12%
Apr 26-30	61%	29%	10%
Apr 19-23	61%	30%	8%
Apr 12-16	58%	32%	10%
Apr 5-9	61%	29%	9%
Mar 29-Apr 2	61%	28%	10%
Mar 22-26	61%	28%	11%
Mar 15-19	63%	28%	9%
Mar 8-12	59%	30%	12%
Mar 1-5	59%	30%	10%
Feb 23-27	60%	29%	11%
Feb 16-20	60%	30%	10%
Feb 9-13	57%	33%	10%
Feb 2-6	56%	34%	9%
Jan 26-30	58%	31%	11%
Jan 19-23	57%	32%	11%
Jan 12-16	62%	30%	8%
Jan 5-9	59%	30%	11%
Dec 29-30 & Jan 2-4, 2020	60%	30%	10%
Dec 23-28	59%	30%	11%
Dec 15-19	59%	32%	9%
Dec 8-12	64%	26%	10%
Dec 2-6, 2019	60%	30%	11%

When businesses say they are having trouble finding Americans to take jobs in construction, manufacturing, hospitality and other service work, what is generally best for the country? Is it better for businesses to raise the pay and try harder to recruit non-working Americans even if it causes prices to rise, or is it better for the government to bring in new foreign workers to help keep business costs and prices down?
Dates:	Better for businesses to raise the pay and try harder to recruit non-working Americans even if it causes prices to rise	Better for the government to bring in new foreign workers to help keep business costs and prices down	Not sure
May 10-14	64%	22%	15%
May 3-7	61%	22%	17%
Apr 26-30	62%	24%	14%
Apr 19-23	62%	24%	14%
Apr 12-16	63%	23%	14%
Apr 5-9	60%	23%	17%
Mar 29-Apr 2	63%	21%	16%
Mar 22-26	60%	23%	17%
Mar 15-19	60%	24%	16%
Mar 8-12	59%	24%	17%
Mar 1-5	62%	23%	14%
Feb 23-27	60%	25%	15%
Feb 16-20	61%	24%	15%
Feb 9-13	58%	26%	16%
Feb 2-6	59%	23%	18%
Jan 26-30	63%	22%	15%
Jan 19-23	59%	24%	16%
Jan 12-16	61%	24%	15%
Jan 5-9	58%	23%	19%
Dec 29-30 & Jan 2-4, 2020	60%	24%	16%
Dec 23-28	60%	22%	18%
Dec 15-19	60%	22%	17%
Dec 8-12	65%	21%	14%
Dec 2-6, 2019	60%	24%	17%

Should Congress increase the number of foreign workers taking higher-skill U.S. jobs or does the country already have enough talented people to train and recruit for most of those jobs?
Dates:	Increase the number of foreign workers taking higher-skill U.S. jobs	The country already has enough talented people to train and recruit for most of those jobs	Not sure
May 10-14	28%	58%	14%
May 3-7	29%	56%	15%
Apr 26-30	30%	56%	14%
Apr 19-23	30%	58%	12%
Apr 12-16	28%	55%	17%
Apr 5-9	29%	56%	15%
Mar 29-Apr 2	27%	57%	15%
Mar 22-26	27%	58%	15%
Mar 15-19	30%	57%	13%
Mar 8-12	27%	58%	17%
Mar 1-5	27%	60%	13%
Feb 23-27	29%	56%	15%
Feb 16-20	28%	59%	13%
Feb 9-13	28%	57%	15%
Feb 2-6	29%	55%	15%
Jan 26-30	29%	57%	14%
Jan 19-23	29%	55%	16%
Jan 12-16	28%	60%	13%
Jan 5-9	26%	57%	17%
Dec 29-30 & Jan 2-4, 2020	26%	58%	16%
Dec 23-28	29%	56%	15%
Dec 15-19	27%	61%	13%
Dec 8-12	27%	62%	11%
Dec 2-6, 2019	28%	58%	14%

In terms of the effect on the overall quality of life in the United States, do you favor continuing this level of immigration-driven population growth, slowing down immigration-driven population growth or having no immigration-driven population growth at all?
Dates:	Continue immigration driven population growth at the current levels	Slow down immigration driven population growth	Have no immigration driven population growth at all	Not sure
May 10-14	34%	41%	14%	10%
May 3-7	34%	41%	13%	12%
Apr 26-30	30%	43%	15%	12%
Apr 19-23	35%	44%	13%	8%
Apr 12-16	34%	42%	14%	10%
Apr 5-9	35%	42%	12%	11%
Mar 29-Apr 2	33%	44%	14%	9%
Mar 22-26	33%	42%	15%	10%
Mar 15-19	35%	43%	15%	8%
Mar 8-12	32%	45%	13%	10%
Mar 1-5	33%	41%	16%	10%
Feb 23-27	34%	45%	13%	9%
Feb 16-20	33%	43%	13%	11%
Feb 9-13	35%	42%	14%	9%
Feb 2-6	36%	41%	13%	10%
Jan 26-30	34%	44%	13%	9%
Jan 19-23	34%	42%	13%	12%
Jan 12-16	33%	45%	13%	8%
Jan 5-9	33%	42%	13%	11%
Dec 29-30 & Jan 2-4, 2020	31%	43%	15%	11%
Dec 23-28	32%	42%	15%	10%
Dec 15-19	30%	47%	13%	9%
Dec 8-12	29%	46%	17%	9%
Dec 2-6, 2019	32%	45%	15%	8%

Should immigration-driven population growth be reduced to limit the expansion of cities into U.S. wildlife habitats and farmland?
Dates:	Yes	No	Not sure
May 10-14	42%	26%	32%
May 3-7	40%	28%	32%
Apr 26-30	43%	26%	31%
Apr 19-23	42%	27%	31%
Apr 12-16	41%	28%	31%
Apr 5-9	42%	27%	31%
Mar 29-Apr 2	42%	26%	32%
Mar 22-26	42%	27%	32%
Mar 15-19	42%	28%	30%
Mar 8-12	38%	28%	34%
Mar 1-5	38%	30%	31%
Feb 23-27	40%	31%	29%
Feb 16-20	39%	30%	32%
Feb 9-13	40%	31%	30%
Feb 2-6	38%	29%	34%
Jan 26-30	43%	28%	29%
Jan 19-23	40%	28%	33%
Jan 12-16	43%	26%	31%
Jan 5-9	37%	29%	34%
Dec 29-30 & Jan 2-4, 2020	41%	27%	32%
Dec 23-28	41%	26%	34%
Dec 15-19	43%	29%	29%
Dec 8-12	42%	28%	30%
Dec 2-6, 2019	39%	29%	32%

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Immigration Index Trends

On the question of illegal immigration, is the government doing too much or too little to reduce illegal border crossings and visitor overstays?

In trying to control illegal immigration, should the government mandate that all employers use the federal electronic E-Verify system to help ensure that they hire only legal workers for U.S. jobs?

Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose giving lifetime work permits to most of the approximately two million illegal residents who came to this country when they were minors?

Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose giving lifetime work permits to most of the estimated 12 million illegal residents of all ages who currently reside in the United States?

Which is closest to the number of new immigrants the government should be adding each year -- fewer than 500,000, 750,000, one million, one and a half million, or more than one and a half million?

Do you favor legal immigrants being allowed to bring with them only a spouse and minor children, or do you favor them also eventually bringing in other adult relatives in a process that can include extended family and their spouses' families?

Should Congress increase the number of foreign workers taking higher-skill U.S. jobs or does the country already have enough talented people to train and recruit for most of those jobs?

In terms of the effect on the overall quality of life in the United States, do you favor continuing this level of immigration-driven population growth, slowing down immigration-driven population growth or having no immigration-driven population growth at all?

Should immigration-driven population growth be reduced to limit the expansion of cities into U.S. wildlife habitats and farmland?

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Immigration Index Trends

On the question of illegal immigration, is the government doing too much or too little to reduce illegal border crossings and visitor overstays?

In trying to control illegal immigration, should the government mandate that all employers use the federal electronic E-Verify system to help ensure that they hire only legal workers for U.S. jobs?

Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose giving lifetime work permits to most of the approximately two million illegal residents who came to this country when they were minors?

Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose giving lifetime work permits to most of the estimated 12 million illegal residents of all ages who currently reside in the United States?

Which is closest to the number of new immigrants the government should be adding each year -- fewer than 500,000, 750,000, one million, one and a half million, or more than one and a half million?

Do you favor legal immigrants being allowed to bring with them only a spouse and minor children, or do you favor them also eventually bringing in other adult relatives in a process that can include extended family and their spouses' families?

Should Congress increase the number of foreign workers taking higher-skill U.S. jobs or does the country already have enough talented people to train and recruit for most of those jobs?

In terms of the effect on the overall quality of life in the United States, do you favor continuing this level of immigration-driven population growth, slowing down immigration-driven population growth or having no immigration-driven population growth at all?

Should immigration-driven population growth be reduced to limit the expansion of cities into U.S. wildlife habitats and farmland?

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