Pew Research: Public Mixed on Immigration Policy

This report shows that most of the public and the government are in the middle, wanting both strictness and leniency. - - Donna Poisl

Public favors both strict enforcement and path to citizenship

by Phil Leggiere

With Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano playing a key role, the Obama administration has attempted to stake out a middle ground on immigration issues, stressing the necessity of both stricter enforcement against illegal immigration and the creation of clearer, fairer pathways for undocumented immigrants already in the United States to earn legal citizenship. Pursuit of this middle course strategy has made the administration and Secreatary Napolitano the target of outspoken criticism from both immigration “hawks” and “doves”. According to a report published last week by the Pew Research firm, however, Napolitano’s middle course strategy may be representative of the attitudes of a majority of the US public. Click on the headline to read the rest of this story! This is only a small part of it.