Wednesday, April 07, 2010

'Sea change' in attitude toward state immigrants

A large percentage of California voters are in favor of legalizing immigrants who are here illegally. This bodes well for the immigration reform debate when it comes. - - Donna Poisl

by KEN McLAUGLIN / MediaNews Group

In a dramatic turnaround from 16 years ago, Californians now overwhelmingly favor giving illegal immigrants a "path to legalization" rather than punishing them by denying them a public education and social services, according to a poll unveiled Monday.

The survey of 1,515 registered voters showed that 67 percent of Californians support a two-pronged approach to solving the illegal immigration problem: implementing stronger enforcement at the border while setting up a legalization path for undocumented immigrants who admit they broke the law, perform community service, learn English and pay fines and back taxes.
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