Local Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law (May 2011)
category | column-1 |
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Local law enforcement officials should be required to actively enforce federal immigration laws. | 39% |
Local law enforcement officials should be allowed to enforce federal immigration laws, but it should not be a primary re | 38% |
Cities and counties should be allowed to restrict local law enforcement officials from enforcing federal immigration law | 12% |
Don't know | 11% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement officials should be required to actively enforce federal immigration laws. | 24% | 26% | 54% |
Local law enforcement officials should be allowed to enforce federal immigration laws, but it should not be a primary re | 36% | 42% | 39% |
Cities and counties should be allowed to restrict local law enforcement officials from enforcing federal immigration law | 22% | 19% | 4% |
Don't know | 18% | 13% | 2% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement officials should be required to actively enforce federal immigration laws. | 52% | 43% | 60% |
Local law enforcement officials should be allowed to enforce federal immigration laws, but it should not be a primary re | 46% | 41% | 35% |
Cities and counties should be allowed to restrict local law enforcement officials from enforcing federal immigration law | 1% | 9% | 4% |
Don't know | 1% | 7% | 2% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement officials should be required to actively enforce federal immigration laws. | 23% | 32% | 20% |
Local law enforcement officials should be allowed to enforce federal immigration laws, but it should not be a primary re | 42% | 31% | 37% |
Cities and counties should be allowed to restrict local law enforcement officials from enforcing federal immigration law | 21% | 22% | 22% |
Don't know | 14% | 15% | 21% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement officials should be required to actively enforce federal immigration laws. | 17% | 27% | 54% |
Local law enforcement officials should be allowed to enforce federal immigration laws, but it should not be a primary re | 40% | 36% | 39% |
Cities and counties should be allowed to restrict local law enforcement officials from enforcing federal immigration law | 31% | 14% | 3% |
Don't know | 11% | 23% | 3% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement officials should be required to actively enforce federal immigration laws. | 44% | 50% | 69% |
Local law enforcement officials should be allowed to enforce federal immigration laws, but it should not be a primary re | 47% | 46% | 24% |
Cities and counties should be allowed to restrict local law enforcement officials from enforcing federal immigration law | 4% | 3% | 4% |
Don't know | 6% | 2% | 3% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement officials should be required to actively enforce federal immigration laws. | 21% | 13% | 19% |
Local law enforcement officials should be allowed to enforce federal immigration laws, but it should not be a primary re | 56% | 32% | 31% |
Cities and counties should be allowed to restrict local law enforcement officials from enforcing federal immigration law | 21% | 32% | 40% |
Don't know | 2% | 23% | 9% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement officials should be required to actively enforce federal immigration laws. | 22% | 55% | 52% |
Local law enforcement officials should be allowed to enforce federal immigration laws, but it should not be a primary re | 39% | 34% | 44% |
Cities and counties should be allowed to restrict local law enforcement officials from enforcing federal immigration law | 24% | 8% | 3% |
Don't know | 15% | 3% | 2% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement officials should be required to actively enforce federal immigration laws. | 46% | 32% | 18% |
Local law enforcement officials should be allowed to enforce federal immigration laws, but it should not be a primary re | 39% | 39% | 40% |
Cities and counties should be allowed to restrict local law enforcement officials from enforcing federal immigration law | 9% | 6% | 28% |
Don't know | 7% | 22% | 15% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Local law enforcement officials should be required to actively enforce federal immigration laws. | 41% | 37% |
Local law enforcement officials should be allowed to enforce federal immigration laws, but it should not be a primary re | 41% | 36% |
Cities and counties should be allowed to restrict local law enforcement officials from enforcing federal immigration law | 14% | 10% |
Don't know | 4% | 16% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement officials should be required to actively enforce federal immigration laws. | 30% | 41% | 46% |
Local law enforcement officials should be allowed to enforce federal immigration laws, but it should not be a primary re | 36% | 40% | 39% |
Cities and counties should be allowed to restrict local law enforcement officials from enforcing federal immigration law | 20% | 11% | 6% |
Don't know | 15% | 8% | 10% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement officials should be required to actively enforce federal immigration laws. | 40% | 42% | 38% | 42% | 35% | 27% |
Local law enforcement officials should be allowed to enforce federal immigration laws, but it should not be a primary re | 40% | 31% | 41% | 36% | 46% | 55% |
Cities and counties should be allowed to restrict local law enforcement officials from enforcing federal immigration law | 6% | 12% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 11% |
Don't know | 15% | 15% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 7% |