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How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement? America should take stronger measures to exclude illegal immigrants.
Stronger measures to exclude illegal immigrants · Asked in 3 waves, 1996–2014 · 3,857 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Agree strongly | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Disagree strongly | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 1,274 |
| General Social Survey 2004 | 2004-08-18 to 2005-01-04 | face to face | 2,812 | 1,216 |
| General Social Survey 1996 | 1996-02-01 to 1996-05-25 | face to face | 2,904 | 1,367 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| 25% |
| 36% |
| 17% |
| 19% |
| 4% |
| 1274 |
| ±3 |
| White | 31% | 40% | 14% | 13% | 2% | 827 | ±4 |
| Black | 18% | 34% | 23% | 22% | 3% | 182 | ±8 |
| Hispanic | 6% | 19% | 19% | 43% | 12% | 217 | ±8 |
| Asian † | 15% | 47% | 18% | 18% | 2% | 33 | ±19 |
| Other † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | ±28 |
General Social Survey 2014 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.