American Attitudes on Immigration, Civil Rights, and Surveillance (2017)

posted on: Jan 28, 2017

By The Arab American Institute (AAI)

The Arab American Institute (AAI) released a new Zogby Analytics poll tracking American Attitudes toward immigration, civil rights, and surveillance on Friday, January 27, 2017.

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Key Findings

• 41% of Americans, including 52% of Democrats and 44% of Independents, believe we should proceed with the plan to resettle Syrian refugees.
• 59% of Democrats and a plurality of Republicans and Independents believe that undocumented immigrants, with no criminal record currently living and working in the United States should have a path to legal status.
• Over half (52%) of Americans oppose a ban on immigrants and travelers who are Muslim.
• A majority (51%) of Americans do not believe compromising or limiting the rights of American citizens is necessary for national security.
• Three out of five Americans reported they were somewhat or very concerned about the surveillance and collection of their personal data, including social media, by the U.S. government.
• Methodology

Zogby Analytics was commissioned by the Arab American Institute to conduct an online survey of 1005 adults in the US. Based on a confidence interval of 95%, the margin of error for 1005 is +/- 3.1 percentage points.