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Support for granting legal status to illegal immigrants who have held jobs and paid taxes for several years, asked in the CES across years.
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Latest: 59% answered “Support” in CES: Legal status for long-term working immigrants, 2024.
Shares of everyone asked, including non-answers. Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.
| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
|---|---|---|---|
| CES: Legal status for working, tax-paying illegal immigrants | Legal status for working, tax-paying illegal immigrants What do you think the U.S. government should do about immigration? Do you support or oppose each of the following? [Grant legal status to all illegal immigrants who have held jobs and paid taxes for at least 3 years, and not been convicted of any felony crimes.] Caveat: Wording truncated in the archive; presumably the same item as in 2022 and 2024. | equivalent | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: Legal status for long-employed illegal immigrants | Legal status for long-employed illegal immigrants What do you think the U.S. government should do about immigration? Do you support or oppose each of the following? [Grant legal status to all illegal immigrants who have held jobs and paid taxes for at least 3 years, and not been convicted of any felony crimes] Caveat: Binary support/oppose; full wording includes the 3-year and no-felony conditions. | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: Legal status for long-term working immigrants | Legal status for long-term working immigrants What do you think the U.S. government should do about immigration? Do you support or oppose each of the following? [Grant legal status to all illegal immigrants who have held jobs and paid taxes for at least 3 years, and not been convicted of any felony crimes] Caveat: Binary support/oppose; same wording as 2022. | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |