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About two-thirds of U.S. adults (68%) say the federal government has a responsibility to provide medical care to undocumented immigrants who are ill with the coronavirus, even as relatively few (37%) say the government should offer economic help to undocumented immigrants who have lost their job due to the outbreak, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted April 29 to May 5. Views on these questions vary widely by race and ethnicity, partisan identification and other characteristics.<\/p>\n\n

Hispanics are the most supportive of the federal government providing medical and economic support to undocumented immigrants affected by the coronavirus outbreak<\/a>. The vast majority of Hispanics (86%) say the government has a responsibility to provide medical care, and around six-in-ten (62%) say the same about economic help. Hispanic immigrants are more likely than U.S.-born Hispanics (68% vs. 55%) to support federal economic help for undocumented immigrants affected by the outbreak, but views between the two groups are more similar when it comes to medical care (88% vs. 83%).<\/p>\n\n

A strong majority of black adults (80%) also say the federal government has a responsibility to provide medical care, while about half (55%) say the government should provide economic help to undocumented immigrants affected by the coronavirus. By contrast, far lower shares of white adults say the government should provide medical care (61%) and economic help (27%).<\/p>\n\n

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How we did this<\/h1>\n\n

To examine the public\u2019s attitudes toward medical and economic assistance for undocumented immigrants affected by COVID-19, we surveyed 10,957 U.S. adults from April 29 to May 5, 2020. Everyone who took part is a member of Pew Research Center\u2019s American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey panel that is recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. This way nearly all U.S. adults have a chance of selection. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. Read more about the\u00a0ATP\u2019s methodology<\/a>. Here are\u00a0the questions used<\/a>\u00a0for this report, along with responses, and\u00a0its methodology<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n

A little over a tenth of the nation\u2019s 60 million Latinos<\/a> are undocumented (or unauthorized) immigrants (7.6 million). In a December survey<\/a>, 45% of U.S. Latino adults said they personally know someone who is in the country illegally. The same survey found that 44% of Latinos said they worry a lot or some that they themselves, a family member or close friend could be deported.<\/p>\n\n

Regardless of legal status, significant shares<\/a> of immigrants in the United States hold service, construction and other jobs that are at risk<\/a> during the coronavirus outbreak because they are difficult to perform remotely.<\/p>\n\n

Under a $2 trillion federal economic relief package<\/a> that became law in March, undocumented immigrants \u2013 as well as their U.S. citizen spouses and children<\/a> \u2013 generally are not eligible to receive individual cash payments to help during the COVID-19 downturn. The law provided some funds for community health centers<\/a>, where undocumented immigrants can go to get tested for coronavirus. Even so, undocumented immigrants can face many hurdles<\/a> in getting medical care.<\/p>\n\n

In an April survey<\/a>, about half of Americans (52%) correctly said undocumented immigrants did not receive economic benefits from the congressional relief bill, while 40% said they weren\u2019t sure and 7% incorrectly said the bill did provide benefits for this group.<\/p>\n\n

A second relief package recently proposed in the U.S. House<\/a> includes some provisions for undocumented immigrant workers, such as temporary protection from deportation for those in industries deemed essential. At the state level, California extended economic relief<\/a> to undocumented immigrants. About 2 million of the nation\u2019s 10.5 million unauthorized immigrants<\/a> lived in California alone as of 2017, the most of any state.<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Differences by education and partisan identification<\/h4>\n\n
\"Demographic<\/a><\/figure>\n\n

Americans with higher levels of educational attainment are more likely to say the U.S. has a responsibility to provide medical aid to undocumented immigrants who are ill with the coronavirus. About three-quarters of adults with a postgraduate degree (79%) or a bachelor\u2019s degree (73%) say this, compared with about two-thirds among those with some college experience and those with a high school diploma or less (each 64%).<\/p>\n\n

Across education levels, smaller shares say the federal government has a responsibility to provide economic help to undocumented immigrants who have lost a job. Around four-in-ten or fewer say this across all educational groups.<\/p>\n\n

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

Democrats and Republicans hold sharply different views on the federal government\u2019s role in helping undocumented immigrants affected by the coronavirus. The vast majority (85%) of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say the federal government has a responsibility to provide medical care to undocumented immigrants, compared with about half of Republicans and Republican leaners (47%).<\/p>\n\n

Meanwhile, more than half (56%) of Democrats say the U.S. government has a responsibility to provide economic help to undocumented immigrants who have lost a job, compared with only 14% of Republicans. Democrats and Republicans have long held starkly different views<\/a> on issues related to undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers.<\/p>\n\n

Note: Here are\u00a0the questions used<\/a><\/em>\u00a0for this report, along with responses, and\u00a0its methodology<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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