New poll: Democrats view immigrants as a strength. republicans see them as a burden.

[pampango]

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Some things never change. republicans don't like immigrants. .................................... Even a majority of republicans support a path to legalization.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/04/15/americans-views-of-immigrants-marked-by-widening-partisan-generational-divides/

[LiberalFighter]

1. Republicans see immigrants as a burden because

they have to bother paying them.

[tymorial]

2. captain obvious approves this poll

[davidn3600]

3. Depends on who you ask, though

The Disney IT workers that got fired because they got replaced with foreign workers that got paid less would obviously say immigrants weaken the country.

[HuckleB]

4. Recommended!

[branford]

5. These polls are not always valuable or informative.

The phrasing or content of the questions often skews results or paints an incomplete picture.

For instance, I didn't see anything in the link that distinguished legal from illegal immigrants in the polls on their impact on the USA. Further, on the question of legalization, there's no indication of what exactly are the "certain requirements" that the undocumented would need to meet to remain in the country or if citizenship would ever be an option.

Such very important nuances often begin to quickly erode partisan divides, and its the reason why immigration, just like abortion and guns, is a very complicated, intransigent and seemingly insoluble problem.

[pampango]

7. I think there are fundamental differences in how republicans and Democrats view immigrants though

nuance does matter. It is a complicated issue.

Such very important nuances often begin to quickly erode partisan divides ...

It is true that once the discussion gets to the specifics of a 'path to legalization' or to citizenship things do get murkier and partisan differences can sometimes blur.

But I think Democrats and republicans come at this 'murky middle' from different ends of the spectrum of attitudes towards immigrants.

"Republicans and Democrats continue to disagree deeply over immigration policies, including how to deal with undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. and whether to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border."

... there's no indication of what exactly are the "certain requirements" that the undocumented would need to meet to remain in the country or if citizenship would ever be an option ...

True but 41% of republicans (and 12% of Democrats) do not want any path to legalization regardless of the nature of the 'certain requirements'. And 84% of Trump supporters and 64% of Cruz supporters support building a border wall. It is doubtful that those folks support a path to legalization for those already here.

[liberal N proud]

6. Republicans only see the negative side of things

From women's rights
Civil rights
The poor
A living wage/minimum wage
The economy
Health care
Environment

Listen to anything they say about almost anything, and it always negative.

[FLPanhandle]

8. Truth is in the middle

Immigrants can bring value and trouble to their new countries.

[pampango]

9. True and there seems to be a partisan pattern to how they are viewed on balance. n/t

[robertgodardfromnj]

10. This comes as no surprise

The GOP are a bunch of moronic bigots. Yet many of them probably make use of cheap labor from illegals. Hypocrites.