Potential 2016 Republicans presidential candidate Scott Walker recently raised the possibility of limiting legal immigration to the United States. However, while immigrants now make up the highest percentage (13%) of the U.S. population since before WWI, a YouGov poll has found that most Americans don’t consider legal immigration a problem:
YouGov’s latest research shows that most Americans do not think that the current level of legal immigration is too high. Only 28% say that legal immigration is currently too high, while 35% say that it is about right and 17% say that legal immigration into the United States is too low.
Republicans (39%) are the most likely to say that legal immigration is too high, but even among them most (53%) say that current levels are about right (41%) or too low (12%). Regionally, the West (23%) is the least likely to say that legal immigration is too high, while the South (31%) is the most likely.
Additionally, 36% of Americans believe that immigration makes the U.S. a better place, while 25% say it makes the country worse. Another 24% said it doesn’t make a difference either way.
