Poll: 80% of OK Support Senate Immigration Plan
Poll shows wide support in Oklahoma for immigration reform package
By Chris Casteel
WASHINGTON — Oklahomans overwhelmingly support the main provisions of the Senate-passed immigration reform bill — tighter border security and a 10-year path to citizenship — according to a poll conducted for a business group pushing the issue in Congress.
Four out of five Oklahomans support a package that would boost funding for border security and require illegal immigrants to pay taxes, a fine and an application fee, have a job, no criminal record and wait 10 years to gain citizenship, according to the poll, taken by the Oklahoma City firm CMA Strategies.
Of that 80 percent, 59 percent said they would strongly favor it and 21 percent said they somewhat favor it; the requirements for citizenship mentioned in the poll question are among those in the Senate bill.
At the same time, 39 percent of those polled would immediately deport the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States, according to the poll.