What exactly do Americans think of immigrants?

Most Americans overestimate the number of illegal immigrants.

According to the immigration data of Pew Research Center, in 20 15 years, more than 75% of the immigrant population is legal, but most Americans don't know this fact. 45% people said they knew; 35% said that most immigrants entered and stayed illegally; 6% people think that some immigrants are legal and some are illegal, 13% people don't understand.

This kind of cognition has a lot to do with the level of education. 6 1% people with bachelor degree or above understand the current situation of immigration. On the contrary, only 38% people with bachelor degree or below know it. Young people have a better understanding of the current situation of legal immigration. Of the 65,438+00 people aged 65,438+08 to 29, 6 (58%) said they knew, while only 35% of those over 65 said they knew that most immigrants were legal.

Most Americans don't think illegal immigrants are more likely to commit crimes.

According to the survey, 7 1% people said that illegal immigrants do jobs that American citizens are unwilling to do, such as manual labor, so they will not seize the employment opportunities of local people. 65% people say that illegal immigrants are unlikely to commit crimes.