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Note: See this post<\/a> for more recent opinion and demographic data on those brought to the U.S. illegally as children.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

\"Most<\/a><\/figure>\n\n

Most Americans favor granting permanent legal status to immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children. And a 56% majority opposes substantially expanding the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n\n

Nearly three-quarters (73%) of Americans favor granting permanent legal status to immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally when they were children, while just 20% are opposed, according to a new national survey by Pew Research Center, conducted June 5-12 among 2,002 adults. Opinions on this issue \u2013 and views of expanding the U.S.-Mexico border wall \u2013 have changed little since January.<\/p>\n\n

Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents overwhelmingly favor granting legal status to those who came to the U.S. illegally as children (89%), as do about half of Republicans and Republican leaners (54%); about a third of Republicans (36%) oppose this policy. (The findings in this survey do not relate to the current controversy<\/a> over separating immigrants from their children at the border, but only to children who had already arrived in the U.S. with their families.)<\/p>\n\n

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Republican men (40%) are more likely to oppose granting legal status than are Republican women (32%). And while younger Republicans (those ages 18 to 49) broadly support granting legal status to those brought to the U.S. illegally as children (59% favor, 34% oppose), older Republicans are more divided (49% favor, 38% oppose).<\/p>\n\n

There is no major subgroup of Republicans in which a majority opposes granting legal status to immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children. Among Democrats, there is broad support for this policy across nearly all demographic and ideological groups.<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Continued opposition to expanding border wall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

\"Whites<\/figure>\n\n

Currently, 56% of Americans are opposed to expanding the wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, while 40% favor doing so. Opinions are little changed since January, when 60% opposed expanding the border wall and 37% were opposed.<\/p>\n\n

By a wide margin, Republicans continue to favor expanding the wall. Nearly three-quarters (74%) of Republicans and Republican leaners favor expanding the border wall, while 22% are opposed. Democrats, by an even wider margin (83% to 14%), oppose the wall\u2019s expansion.<\/p>\n\n

There also are race, age and educational differences in these views. Whites are divided (48% favor, 48% oppose), while large majorities of Hispanics (73%) and blacks (71%) oppose expanding the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n\n

As was the case in January, older adults and those who have not completed college are more likely than young people and those with four-year degrees to favor expanding the border wall.<\/p>\n\n

Note: See full topline results<\/a> and methodology here<\/a> (PDF).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nearly three-quarters of Americans favor granting permanent legal status to immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally when they were 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