Virginians on Illegal Aliens: Cut Public Services – but Not Emergency Room Treatment

More good stuff from CNU’s Center for Public Policy polling: Virginians harbor ambivalent sentiments about illegal immigrants. When asked if they favored cutting public services to undocumented workers, even children, 53 percent said yes. And 55 percent agreed that police should have the authority to stop any driver they suspected of being an illegal alien to check their legal status.

But dig deep enough, and there are signs that Virginians have a heart: 75 percent opposed the idea of denying illegal immigrants access to emergency room care. And a solid majority — 58 percent — recoiled at the idea of deporting undocumented workers if it meant forcing them to leave U.S.-born citizen children behind. (That question was somewhat loaded: The Center might have gotten a different answer if it had asked whether people would favor deportation “even if it meant taking their U.S.-born children with them,” as opposed to assuming that the family had to be split up.)

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  1. Larry Gross Avatar
    Larry Gross

    When asked if they favored cutting public services to undocumented workers, even children, 53 percent [of all respondents] said yes.

    Broken down by politics:

    33% of Dems said service to undoc
    67% of Repubs said cut serv to und
    56% Ind

    41 percent of all respondents chose, “cut social services to low-income Virginians”

    Broken down by politics:

    23% of Dems said cut social service
    44% of Repubs said cut social serv
    43% Ind

    looks like the independents in Va are hanging with the Republicans at least on these issues…

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