Stats show that many U.S. residents want the Immigration Laws

Many feel that the proposed Immigration law set forth in the state of Arizona, was years in the making. The immigration law allows the authorities to demand legal proof of residence to anyone suspected of being in the country illegally. A lot are certain that it will lead to racial profiling. Governor Jan Brewer made some adjustments to the bill on Friday, stating that no police officer should practice any sort of racial profiling when investigating a person's residence in the country.

According to the polls, many think that illegal immigration is a serious problem. However, it is an issue that is hard to solve. It seems better that the government should focus more on increasing security at the border, rather than trying to focus on people who may or may not be living in the country illegally.

The majority of people interviewed felt that the federal government should make the final decision on what to do about illegal immigration. While 51 % feel that the Arizona Immigration law is just "about right" in its approach to resolve the situation. Several people also share the opinion that illegal immigrants living in the country contribute to the faltering economy, because they evade paying taxes and are seeking employment illegally. They also feel that they take jobs away and the social security funds are suffering. However, statistics have said that many illegal immigrants do, in fact pay taxes, but they never see the benefit of paying to the social security or a return on their contributions.

It seems that many want to see how the law will turn out. As always, there are pros and cons to a situation. I think that the team who worked together to gather this information did an excellent job because it has been able to give the readers more of an insight into the situation. The bill may be risky in some cases and it is a big step for the federal government.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/us/04poll.html?ref=politics