From the site Gallup, the link in shown below this blog, there were a few polls which surprised me and some which I thought were interesting to see. First I was kind of surprised of how far back the beginning graph went started in 1966. Also below the graph some of the headlines caught my eye as well, first being the Full National Adult Trend in which the majority of the population tended to see immigration as decreasing from 2009-2010. Another trend which caught my interest was the one concerning minority right and relation in which both Non-Hispanics, Blacks, and Hispanics had a say if their right had increased, decreased, or stayed at the present level. The majority percentage was caught between the present level to decreased meaning all three categories agreed that rights and relations has not increased from 2001-2008. While it is not surprising to people realizing how much of their rights are being ignored and not fully recognized by the law, an example being the current debate in Arizona’s own legislation on immigration, it is hard to see those recognize this problem yet allow laws to even come to pass that racial profile and discriminate against minorities. Especially when the next polling asks if immigration is a good thing or bad thing the majority percentage said it was a good thing. Which brings to question to why there is so much debate? Why are the Hispanics in states like Arizona, Texas, and Utah getting so much negative media coverage?
These are the questions I asked myself after seeing some of the polling done on the Gallup website and ones which can be hard to answer because there are no simply answers. But come back again to this blog to see whether or not a middle ground exists between the natives and illegal immigrants.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/1660/Immigration.aspx#1
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