Immigration
Public as likely to favor status quo as to favor decreased immigration
July 10, 2008The percentage of Americans in favor of decreased immigration has declined from 45% to 39% in the past year, and matches a 2006 reading as the lowest Gallup has measured since 2000.
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May 21, 2008South Africans are launching attacks against immigrants in their country, blaming them for worsening social problems. Just a year ago, however, 61% of South Africans said their country was a good place for immigrants.
May 20, 2008Data-driven insights into rising gas prices in the United States, corruption concerns in Bulgaria and Romania, and Mass. Sen. Edward Kennedy's hospitalization.
May 16, 2008As Italy's President Silvio Berlusconi makes new efforts to get tough on illegal immigrants in his country, Gallup reveals that a majority of Italians (69%) perceive their community as a good place for immigrants to live.
January 23, 2008Gallup explores the role unemployment and poverty play in Latin Americans' decisions to leave their countries.
January 21, 2008Recent Gallup Polls find that one in four Latin Americans wishes to emigrate, but only about one-third of those would move to the United States.
November 2, 2007Gallup 's Editors constantly update their analysis of the American public's priorities for their elected representatives in Washington -- the men and women sent to the nation's capital to do the people's bidding. The Top 10 Priorities list is based on an analysis of open-ended responses to questions asking Americans to name the top priorities for the government and to name the most important problem facing the nation today, plus a series of additional questions in which Americans rate the priorities of the issues and concerns facing the nation today.
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Controversy about alleged bomb plot suspect occurs against backdrop of perceived tolerance
August 15, 2007A February 2007 Gallup World Poll survey finds that more than 8 in 10 Australians believe the city or area where they live is a good place for immigrants, while a similar percentage of Australians say their communities are good places for racial and ethnic minorities to live. More than three-quarters of respondents say their communities are good places for religious minorities, while more than two-thirds (68%) of Australians say their communities are good places for gay or lesbian people.
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Just 25% of Hispanics satisfied
August 15, 2007Americans are now more likely to say they are dissatisfied than satisfied with the way immigrants are treated in society, and the current ratings are the worst Gallup has measured for any group in the last seven years. Hispanics and blacks are especially likely to express displeasure with the treatment of immigrants in the United States. Americans are most likely to say they are satisfied with they way Asians and women are treated.
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Whites, blacks, and Hispanics most often mention Iraq war as the "most important problem"
July 19, 2007About one in three Americans say the war in Iraq is "the most important problem facing the country today." The issue ranks first for whites, blacks, and Hispanics, but the three groups differ widely in their views of immigration as the nation's top problem, with Hispanics mentioning it much more frequently.
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