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IGS/UC Berkeley poll: Californians oppose sanctuary city policies
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Californians strongly oppose “sanctuary city” policies under which local authorities ignore federal requests to detain undocumented immigrants who have been arrested but are about to be released, according to a new poll released today by the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) at UC Berkeley.
That opposition comes from strong majorities in both major political parties and among independent voters, and crosses other demographic categories. Almost two out of three Latinos said they oppose such policies.
The online survey, which polled 1,098 California residents from Aug. 11-26, found that 74 percent of respondents said local authorities should not be able to ignore a federal request to hold a detained person who is in the country illegally. Only 26 percent of respondents said local authorities should have that right.
Opposition to the sanctuary city policies crossed the political spectrum, and included 73 percent of Democrats, 82 percent of Republicans and 71 percent of independents.
“We found very broad-based opposition to the idea of sanctuary cities,” said IGS Director Jack Citrin, a professor of political science at UC-Berkeley who has studied immigration for years. “Californians want their local officials to abide by the requests of federal authorities.”
Within every ethnic group, majorities said local officials should defer to the federal requests. That view was expressed by 65 percent of Latino respondents, 75 percent of Asian Americans and African Americans and 80 percent of whites.
“The differences among ethnic groups in our survey were not extreme, an interesting finding given that Latinos are more likely to know someone personally affected by these issues,” Citrin said. “While these results for Latino residents are interesting, people should bear in mind some limitations on our data, including the fact that our survey was conducted only in English, and that our sample consisted almost entirely of citizens.”
Of the overall sample, 99.5 percent of respondents identified themselves as citizens.
"...our sample consisted almost entirely of citizens.” U.S. citizens are who should be heard. The people who immigrated here legally are the ones most opposed to illegals being allowed to stay and receive benefits not afforded to them or they couldn't acquire for five years.
"...our sample consisted almost entirely of citizens.” U.S. citizens are who should be heard. The people who immigrated here legally are the ones most opposed to illegals being allowed to stay and receive benefits not afforded to them or they couldn't acquire for five years.
This was a diverse poll as well and even Hispanics were over 65% against
Ironically, Donald Trump's hateful agenda and incendiary rhetotic is what helped change the opinion of Californians.
That Berkeley survey was done in 2015.
This month however in conjunction with the election, a Stanford survey found that more Californians support Sanctuary Cities once Donald Trump is factored in:
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Trump serves as a lightning rod for another immigration topic – the “sanctuary” policy that some California cities have initiated. Asked whether or not they support or oppose sanctuary cities in the United States, 40 percent of respondents said they are supportive while 41 percent oppose.
When informed that Trump opposes sanctuary cities, the percent of respondents who oppose the policy fell from 41 to 37 percent.
Probably a fair poll. The recent actions of people who consider themselves liberal may have converted some people to conservative, but certainly converted no one to liberal.
When an illegal breaks the law and winds up in jail the local authorities are supposed to notify ICE, that right now isn't happening in a lot of places. If you did something that warrants you being thrown in jail, then that should happen. If you're here illegally and can fly under the radar, whatever, I'm not thrilled about it but whatever, but if you're a danger to society than for sure you need to be deported.
When informed that Trump opposes sanctuary cities, the percent of respondents who oppose the policy fell from 41 to 37 percent.[/b]
This bolded part^ is pretty hilarious. .....
And what makes it REALLY funny (and telling) is that those people DIDN'T KNOW that Trump opposes sanctuary cities until they were told..
Indicates how well informed and in touch they are.
Politicos trapped inside the uber-liberal bubble of Sacramento should commission more polls and see if they're in sync with the rest of California
Sac is like that captain that leads a charge with no one behind him; "the one horse charge"
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