Just_A_Guy_With_A_Point
11-25-2003, 07:33 AM
Link to the article about the Poll (http://newsobserver.com/nc24hour/ncnews/story/3056825p-2792304c.html)
The Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The vast majority of residents of North Carolina - which had had the nation's fastest-growing population of immigrants in the 1990s - think the United States admits too many legal immigrants, a poll shows.
The poll, commissioned by The News & Observer of Raleigh, showed that three-fourths of North Carolinians believe there are too many legal immigrants in the country.
About the same number think Mexicans who came here illegally for work should not be allowed to remain, even if they are otherwise law-abiding.
"Even though they're obeying the laws, they broke one to begin with, so why should they be able to stay?" asked Ashley Board, a 17-year-old senior at Ravenscroft School in Raleigh who plans to vote in 2004.
Board was among 600 North Carolinians questioned last week in the poll conducted by Maryland-based Research 2000.
The state's foreign-born population jumped 274 percent in the 1990s, according to the 2000 Census. More recent census estimates indicate that the flow of immigration has continued, with Latinos, including many from Mexico, making up the majority of the state's 480,000 foreign-born residents.
Information from: News & Observer
Hmm! http://www.gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/eh.gif Sounds like these people don't like my wife and family! http://www.gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/eh.gif
My wife and father was born in Europe.
The Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The vast majority of residents of North Carolina - which had had the nation's fastest-growing population of immigrants in the 1990s - think the United States admits too many legal immigrants, a poll shows.
The poll, commissioned by The News & Observer of Raleigh, showed that three-fourths of North Carolinians believe there are too many legal immigrants in the country.
About the same number think Mexicans who came here illegally for work should not be allowed to remain, even if they are otherwise law-abiding.
"Even though they're obeying the laws, they broke one to begin with, so why should they be able to stay?" asked Ashley Board, a 17-year-old senior at Ravenscroft School in Raleigh who plans to vote in 2004.
Board was among 600 North Carolinians questioned last week in the poll conducted by Maryland-based Research 2000.
The state's foreign-born population jumped 274 percent in the 1990s, according to the 2000 Census. More recent census estimates indicate that the flow of immigration has continued, with Latinos, including many from Mexico, making up the majority of the state's 480,000 foreign-born residents.
Information from: News & Observer
Hmm! http://www.gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/eh.gif Sounds like these people don't like my wife and family! http://www.gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/eh.gif
My wife and father was born in Europe.