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A new Los Angeles Times\/USC poll has found a shift in California voter sentiment away from proposals to take away all
\nsocial services from illegal immigrants, including access to schools and emergency medical
\ntreatment, from illegal residents.<\/p>\n
Large majorities in the poll
\nsupported two alternative proposals: one that would couple stronger
\nenforcement at the border with a temporary worker program, and one that
\nwould combine stronger border enforcement with a path to eventual
\ncitizenship for illegal residents who perform community service, pay
\nback taxes and learn English.
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The support for both a
\nguest-worker program and a citizenship option were notable partly
\nbecause they come at a time when California voters remain deeply
\npessimistic about the state’s economy.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Los Angeles Times\/USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences<\/a> The poll asked whether voters supported "implement stronger In 1994, California voters approved Proposition 187, which cut off many of those benefits to illegal immigrants. It was later ruled unconstitutional<\/a>. <\/p>\n Explore all the poll questions here<\/a>. Check out Times reporter Evan Halper’s entire story here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n — Los Angeles Times Photo: Isaac Chang of the Minuteman Project, left, argues with a A new Los Angeles Times\/USC poll has found a shift in California voter sentiment away from proposals to take away all social services from illegal immigrants, including access to schools and emergency medical treatment, from illegal residents. Large majorities in the poll supported two alternative proposals: one that would couple stronger enforcement at the border […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4131,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-513211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\npoll surveyed 1,515 registered voters from March 23 to 30. It was
\nconducted by a bipartisan team of polling companies based in the
\nWashington, D.C., area: Greenberg Quinlan Rosner<\/a>, a Democratic firm, and American Viewpoint<\/a>, a Republican firm. The margin of error is plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.<\/p>\n
\nenforcement at the border and
\nprohibit those here illegally from
\nbenefiting from any taxpayer-funded social services, including
\nemergency room treatment and
\npublic education for children
\nhere illegally." In response, 31% said they strongly support and 32% said they strongly oppose.<\/p>\n
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\ncounter-protester at a rally in San Francisco by the group to demand
\nthe resignation of the mayor. Credit: Jeff Chiu \/ Associated Press<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"