I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
A new poll by the Pew Hispanic Center illustrates the divide in the Latino community over illegal immigration and how it should be handled.
Majorities of Latinos say that those in the country illegally should pay a fine but not be deported. But many appear to be concerned on the affect illegal immigration has on Hispanics already living in the United States.
According to Pew:
A small majority (53%) says they should pay a fine but not be deported. A small minority (13%) says they should be deported, and a larger minority (28%) says they should not be punished.
Hispanics are also divided about the impact of illegal immigration on Hispanics already living in the U.S. Roughly equal shares say the impact has been positive (29%), negative (31%) or made no difference (30%). This mixed judgment stands in sharp contrast to views that Latinos expressed on this subject in 2007. Back then, fully half (50%) of Latinos said the impact was positive, while just 20% said it was negative.
Meanwhile, the number of Latinos who say that discrimination against Latinos is “a major problem” rose sharply from 2007.
Despite this, Pew foundt hat there was “no increase over past years in the share of Latinos who report that they or someone they know have been targets of discrimination or have been stopped by the authorities and asked about their immigration status.”
The poll shows Latinos solidly opposed to changing the birthright citizenship portion of the Constitution (78 percent) and to the Arizona immigration law (79 percent)
In 2007, 54 percent of Latinos said that discrimination against Latinos was a “major problem.” In 2010, 61 percent described it as a major problem. In both years, 24 percent said that it is a “minor problem.”
Latinos make up the highest percentage of New Mexico’s population of any ethnic group according to the 2009 U.S. Census estimates.
The poll results come from a national survey of 1,375 Latino adults conducted by landline and cell phone telephone, in both English and Spanish, from August 17 through September 19, 2010.
The Pew Hispanic Center is a project of the Pew Research Center.
