On Immigration Policy, Deportation Relief Seen As More Important Than Citizenship

By Mark Hugo Lopez, Paul Taylor, Cary Funk and Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, Pew Research Hispanic Trends Project

While lopsided majorities of Hispanics and Asian Americans support creating a pathway to citizenship for unauthorized immigrants, two new surveys from the Pew Research Center also show that these groups believe it is more important for unauthorized immigrants to get relief from the threat of deportation.

By 55% to 35%, Hispanics say that they think being able to live and work in the United States legally without the threat of deportation is more important for unauthorized immigrants than a pathway to citizenship. Asian Americans hold a similar view, albeit by a smaller margin—49% to 44%.

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