A poll commissioned by the American Action Network and conducted by the Tarrance Group. The survey includes responses from 1,000 likely GOP primary voters collected from June 24-27, 2013

1. A Survey of Republican
Primary Voter Attitudes in the
United States
June 24-27, 2013
“The American Action Network is a 501(c)(4) ‘action tank’ dedicated to creating, encouraging and promoting
center-right policies based on the principles of freedom, limited government, American exceptionalism, and strong
national security. One of the Network’s current initiatives is supporting conservative solutions to immigration
reform. The American Action Network believes our current immigration system is broken and the US Congress
should offer conservative legislative solutions to address this critical national challenge. The Network
commissioned the accompanying poll which demonstrates public support for that position.”

2. June 24-27, 2013 / N=1,000 “likely” GOP Primary voters / ±3.1% M.O.E.
Which of the following statements about a candidate’s position on immigration comes
closest to your own –
The immigration issue is so important to me that I will not vote for a candidate that I do
not agree with on that issue even if I agree with them on most other issues. OR
The immigration issue is important to me but I'll still vote for a candidate that I disagree
with on that issue if I agree with them on most other issues.
38%
55%
2%
5%
Only vote for candidate I agree with
Would vote for candidate I disagree with
Neither
Unsure

3. June 24-27, 2013 / N=1,000 “likely” GOP Primary voters / ±3.1% M.O.E.
Have you seen, read, or heard anything in recent weeks about an
immigration reform proposal currently being considered in Congress?
76%
23%
1%
Yes No Unsure

4. June 24-27, 2013 / N=1,000 “likely” GOP Primary voters / ±3.1% M.O.E.
Based on the things that you have seen, read, or heard, do you favor or
oppose this proposal?
(If “Yes” in Q3, Asked of N=761 Respondents, or 76% of Sample)
24% 23%
53%
Favor Unsure Oppose

5. June 24-27, 2013 / N=1,000 “likely” GOP Primary voters / ±3.1% M.O.E.
Would you favor or oppose Congress passing a comprehensive
immigration bill?
51%
23%
26%
Favor Unsure Oppose

6. June 24-27, 2013 / N=1,000 “likely” GOP Primary voters / ±3.1% M.O.E.
Would you favor or oppose Congress passing an immigration reform
proposal that provides an earned pathway to legal status – like a green
card, but does not provide full citizenship, for illegal immigrants
currently living in the United States?
59%
9%
32%
Favor Unsure Oppose

7. June 24-27, 2013 / N=1,000 “likely” GOP Primary voters / ±3.1% M.O.E.
Would you favor or oppose Congress passing an immigration reform
proposal that provides an earned pathway to citizenship for illegal
immigrants currently living in the United States?
49%
9%
42%
Favor Unsure Oppose

8. June 24-27, 2013 / N=1,000 “likely” GOP Primary voters / ±3.1% M.O.E.
Still thinking about the issue of immigration reform – I'd like to read you two
viewpoints. Please tell me which one comes closest to your own.
32%
58%
System is broken Laws being ignored
Some people say that our immigration
system is broken, and the status quo of
having 11 million illegal immigrants living
under “de facto” amnesty will only
continue if we do nothing to solve the
problem.
Other people say that our immigration
laws today are being ignored by the
Obama Administration. We should
enforce the laws we have before about
talking about changing them or giving
anyone a path to legal status.

9. June 24-27, 2013 / N=1,000 “likely” GOP Primary voters / ±3.1% M.O.E.
Would you favor or oppose allowing undocumented immigrants the opportunity
to earn legal status if they pass a criminal background check, pay a fine, pay
current and back taxes, learn English, go to the back of the line in the
application process, and are not allowed to receive any taxpayer paid benefits?
80%
5% 15%
Favor Unsure Oppose

10. June 24-27, 2013 / N=1,000 “likely” GOP Primary voters / ±3.1% M.O.E.
Still thinking about this immigration reform proposal – I'd like to read you two
viewpoints. Please tell me which one comes closest to your own.
36%
58%
Giving amnesty Not amnesty
Some people say that regardless of the
provisions of this proposal, the end result
is that it would be giving amnesty to the
11 million illegal immigrants currently in
the United States illegally.
Other people say that the provisions of
this proposal make it so this proposal is
not amnesty because it would require
background checks, fines, paying back
taxes, learning English, going to the back
of the line, and not being allowed to
receive taxpayer paid benefits.

11. June 24-27, 2013 / N=1,000 “likely” GOP Primary voters / ±3.1% M.O.E.
Now, thinking about the immigration reform proposal that is currently being
considered in Congress. I would like to read you a list of the different elements
that are in this proposal. Please listen carefully as I read each element and tell
me if you would favor or oppose this.
91%
89%
88%
83%
3%
2%
3%
6%
6%
8%
9%
11%
Allows state and local law enforcement to
investigate, identify, apprehend, arrest, and detain people in
violation of immigration laws and to transfer them to federal
immigration authorities.
Require employers to use E-Verify to make sure that all
employees are legal, and require any company that employs
illegal immigrants to pay a large fine.
Provide the resources necessary on the border to apprehend at
least nine of out ten illegal crossers, put 100% of the border
under surveillance, and have a system in place to track
immigrants who enter and exit the country.
Grants states and localities full authority to
create, implement, and enforce their own criminal and civil
penalties for federal immigration violations so long as the
penalties applied do not exceed those under federal law.
Favor Unsure Oppose

12. June 24-27, 2013 / N=1,000 “likely” GOP Primary voters / ±3.1% M.O.E.
Now, thinking about the immigration reform proposal that is currently being
considered in Congress. I would like to read you a list of the different elements
that are in this proposal. Please listen carefully as I read each element and tell
me if you would favor or oppose this.
80%
78%
75%
63%
5%
5%
8%
7%
14%
17%
17%
30%
By nearly doubling the number of border agents, the Border
Patrol will have the capacity to deploy an armed agent, 24 hours
a day, seven days a week, to stand guard every 1,000 feet all the
way from San Diego, California to Brownsville, Texas.
Young undocumented people who serve in the military and
have no criminal record would be eligible for permanent
resident status immediately at the conclusion of their term of
military service.
Passing this immigration reform legislation would stop President
Obama from being able to pick and choose what immigration
laws he wants to enforce, like he does now.
Allocate a greater number of visas to foreigners who have
earned a Master’s degree or higher in the fields of
science, technology, engineering, or math.
Favor Unsure Oppose

13. June 24-27, 2013 / N=1,000 “likely” GOP Primary voters / ±3.1% M.O.E.
Still thinking about the immigration reform proposal I would like to read you
several other elements that are also in this proposal. Please listen carefully as I
read each element and tell me if you would favor or oppose this.
59%
52%
47%
8%
14%
6%
33%
33%
47%
Provide green cards to foreign students graduating from American
universities with advanced degrees so we stop educating the
world’s best and brightest and then send them back home to
compete against us.
Giving businesses a substantial new guest worker program, starting
at 20,000 visas in the first year and rising in steps to 75,000 new
visas in the fourth year. After that, the number of visas issued
would rise or fall based on the unemployment rate...
Young undocumented people, under the age of fifteen, whose
parents brought them to the U.S. illegally or overstayed their visa
would be eligible for permanent residence in five years.
Favor Unsure Oppose