Plurality of Likely Voters say it’s easier for illegal immigrants to get into the US than other countries, even more say it’s easier to stay in US once they’re in-Rasmussen Poll, 1/28/19

Poll dates: Jan. 22-23, 2019. 42% of Likely Voters say it’s easier to enter the US (61R, 22D, 46 Ind). 46% say it’s easier to stay once you’ve gotten in illegally (66R, 28D, 47 Ind.). 

Sample: Democrats +4 vs Republicans: 33R, 37D, 30 Ind.

1/28/19, “[Likely] Voters Say It’s Easier for Illegal Immigrants to Get In, Stay In the U.S.,” Rasmussen Reports

“[Likely] Voters still think it’s easier to enter and stay in the United States illegally than it is in most other countries.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 42% of Likely U.S. Voters believe it is easier to enter the United States illegally compared to most other nations in the world. Just 19% say it’s harder, while 26% think the level of difficulty is about the same. Thirteen percent (13%) are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on January 22-23, 2019 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.”

Wording of two questions: 

“1* Is it harder or easier to enter the United States illegally compared to most other nations in the world? Or is the level of difficulty about the same?”

“2* Compared to most other nations in the world, is it harder or easier to stay in the United States once you’ve entered the country illegally? Or is the level of difficulty about the same?”





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