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COMING TO AMERICA POST-FORUM QUESTIONNAIRE

Who Should We Welcome, What Should We Do?

NOW THAT YOU’VE HAD a chance to participate in a forum on this issue, we’d like to know what you’re thinking. Your opinions, along with those of thousands of others who participated in these forums, will be reflected in a summary report that will be available to all citizens, including those who took part in the forums, as well as officeholders, members of the news media, and others in your community.
1.Do you favor or oppose each of these actions?
Strongly Favor
Somewhat Favor
Somewhat Oppose
Strongly Oppose
Not Sure
Give young people brought here as children when their parents entered the United States illegally the chance to become legal residents and citizens, EVEN IF this means they are bene ting from the unlawful actions of their parents.
Reduce the number of legal immigrants admitted to the United States each year, EVEN IF this leads
to worker shortages in agriculture, construction, and nursing, as well as higher prices for basics like
food and housing.
End bilingual education programs in public schools and make learning English the top priority for
foreign-born students, EVEN IF this means these students fall behind in their other subjects and
struggle while trying to learn English.
Identify the approximately 11 million people who are in the United States illegally, deport them, and
make them reapply for entry, EVEN IF this means tearing families and communities apart all across
the country.
Prosecute employers who hire workers without legal papers, EVEN IF they can’t nd American workers who can do these jobs and this ends up making American products more expensive and less
competitive in the world market.
2.Which statement comes closer to your view? If you’re not
sure, please let us know.
3.Which statement comes closer to your view? If you’re not
sure, please let us know.
4.Which statement comes closer to your view? If you’re not
sure, please let us know.
5.Which statement comes closer to your view? If you’re not
sure, please let us know.
6. Did you talk about aspects of the issue you hadn’t considered before?
7.Were there ideas or proposals that you tended to favor coming into the forum that you now have second thoughts about?
8. What could citizens, working together, do in their own communities to address this problem?
9.Not including this forum, how many National Issues Forums have you attended?
10.Gender:
11.Age:
12.Race/Ethnicity:
13.Where do you live?
14.What is your zip code?
15.What state do you live in?
16.Did you attend this forum in person or online?
17.What issue would you like to see covered in a future forum?