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* 1. The National Association of Manufacturers has just released an immigration proposal that, if enacted, would:   (1)  Allow an amnesty for nearly all the estimated 11 million illegal aliens now in the U.S.;   (2)  Give amnesty and citizenship to all the "Dreamers" -- the DACA recipients and those of similar age range and circumstances;   (3)  Increase funding for border security, walls, and surveillance technology;    (4)  Stop the portion of chain migration that allows legal immigrants to sponsor their adult siblings for immigration;   (5)  Shift a percentage of legal immigration away from family-based and toward skills based;   (6)  Eliminate the visa lottery;   (7)  Increase the number of H-1b guest skilled worker visas.    ---   Please indicate how strongly you support or oppose this plan which would be voted on as whole package.

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* 2. Please read the following statements about immigration policy, and then indicate how strongly you agree or disagree with the statements

  Strongly agree Agree Neither agree nor disagree Disagree Strongly disagree
There is a developing shortage of skilled workers in America. We NEED MORE SKILLED FOREIGN LABOR to supply the demand
The annual number of visas for SKILLED GUEST WORKERS should be CUT IN HALF at least
America already has sufficient citizens and legal immigrants to supply the workforce to today's growing economy. NO NEED FOR INCREASES in guest worker visas
Congress SHOULD INCREASE the number of 3-year H-1b visas for skilled workers

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* 3. What state do you reside in?

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* 4. Current federal policy gives lifetime work visas to about one million new legal immigrants each year. Which is closest to the number of lifetime work visas the government SHOULD be adding each year -- none, two hundred and fifty thousand, half a million, one million, one and a half million, two million, or more than two million?

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* 5. In President Trump's State of the Union address, he called for greatly INCREASED LEGAL IMMIGRATION, saying he favors legal immigration "in the LARGEST NUMBERS EVER". Please indicate how strongly you agree or disagree with this idea

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* 6. In his February 12 cabinet meeting, President Trump said, "We need people. You see that with the jobs numbers". Please indicate how strongly you agree or disagree with the premise that AMERICA NEEDS TO IMPORT HIGHER NUMBERS of workers

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* 7. Many business groups and publications like the Wall Street Journal have recently stated that America has a SHORTAGE OF WORKERS because of the expanding economy. Please indicate how strongly you agree or disagree with this idea

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* 8. Please indicate HOW CONVINCING the following arguments are IN FAVOR OF bringing in more legal immigrants and more temporary guest workers?

  Very convincing Convincing Neither convincing nor unconvincing Unconvincing Very unconvincing
There are not enough skilled Americans to take the skilled job openings
Americans who are not working now are unwilling to work
Not enough young Americans have the ability or inclination to be educated to fill jobs as computer programmers, doctors, and engineers
A bigger supply of foreign skilled workers will grow the economy

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* 9. Please indicate HOW CONVINCING the following arguments are AGAINST bringing in more legal immigrants and more temporary guest workers?

  Very convincing Convincing Neither convincing nor unconvincing Unconvincing Strongly unconvincing
There already are enough skilled jobless Americans and legal immigrants to take the skilled job openings
With recent college graduates carrying’ record debt, we need businesses to hire American college graduates instead of newly arrived foreign workers
Bringing in large numbers of skilled foreign workers discourages American students from entering into certain skilled professions
Cheap labor reduces the demand for productivity-boosting innovation that enables pay increases
Raising the annual level of immigration to a record high will mean especially high unemployment when the present economy cools down

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* 10. Regardless of your overall opinion of President Trump, do you find his new call for "record-high" levels of legal immigration encouraging or disappointing?

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