Immigration and Terrorism Polls

Rasmussen Report, March 12-13, 2009 poll of 1,000 likely voters

• 79% (vs. 10%) say the military should be used along the border with Mexico to protect American citizens if drug- related violence continues to grow in that area.
• 82% of voters are concerned that Mexican drug violence will spill over into the United States.
• 61% (vs. 27%) say the United States should continue the fence.
• 58% think that immigration should be decreased. (USA Today/CNN/Gallup, Oct. 2001) 
• 83% think that it is too easy for people from other countries to enter the U.S. (CBS News/New York Times, Sept. 2001 and Dec. 2001) 
• 77% think not enough is being done to control the border and to screen people allowed into the country. (Zogby Intl., Sept. 2001)