Rasmussen

Most Oppose Citizenship for Children of Illegal Immigrants

Most Americans still oppose granting U.S. citizenship automatically to children born in America to illegal immigrants.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of U.S. Adults finds that 58% oppose automatic citizenship for a child born in this country to an illegal immigrant. That number has not changed since early June. A third of adults (34%) believe those children should become U.S. citizens.

Sentiments are basically unchanged from four years ago when the Senate was considering the immigration issue. The Senate was eventually forced to drop its plans and surrender to public opinion on the topic… HERE