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Survey of Undocumented Immigrants in the United States
March 29, 2006
Washington, D.C.
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Methodology
Sample Size 233 total “executive” interviews; 84 in Los Angeles, 82 in Miami, 67 in Chicago
Dates of Interviews October 11-15, 2005
Margin of Error 6.5 percentage points
Language of Interview Spanish
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Demographics, English-language Skills and Criminal Records of Undocumented Immigrants
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Country of Birth
60%19%
18%
3%
Mexico
South America
Central America
Dominican Republic
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How many years have you been in this country?
3%
42%
34%
21%
Less than one year
One to five years
Five to ten years
More than ten years
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How often do you travel back to your home country?
74%
16%
3%
0%
2%
5%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Never
Less than every three years
Every two to three years
Every one to two years
Once a year
More than once a year
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What personal identification documents do you have?
3%
13%
45%
48%
57%
64%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
No documents
U.S. driver's license
Other type ofdocument
Passport from myhome country
Consular ID
Driver's license frommy home country
(Multiple responses accepted)
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Age
14%
35%36%
14%1%
18-24
25-34
35-49
50-64
65 +
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Do you work on a regular basis?
75%
8%
17% Yes, Full Time
Yes, Part Time
No
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What kind of work do you do most often? Restaurant / cook / baker Agriculture/landscaping Mechanic Driver Maid Waitress Business owner Cleaning services Salesperson Store worker Cashier Hotel worker Construction / masonry / woodworking
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What kind of work do you do most often? (continued ) Hairdresser Air conditioning Child care Church Industry Manicurist Musician Office worker Computer instructor Computer salesperson Distributor Electrician
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What kind of work do you do most often? (continued ) Factory worker Freelance Gas station attendant Industry - aluminum Industry - clothing Industry - shoes Industry textiles Insurance Maintenance Market worker Masseuse
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What kind of work do you do most often? (continued ) Painter Plumber Print shop worker Real estate Roof repair Seamstress Secretary Security systems installer Store manager Television repair Upholstery Parking attendant
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What documents if any do you need to show your employer before you are given a job?
5%
28%
67%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Consular ID
Facsimile SocialSecurity card
None
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Are you here with your husband (wife) and / or children or are you here alone ?
22%
27%
30%
41%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
I am here with myrelative
I am here with mychildren
I am here alone
I am here with mywife/husband
(Multiple responses accepted)
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How well do you speak English?
3%
20%
41%
36%
Very well
Well
Not so well
Not at All
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Would you like to learn to speak English?
2%
98%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
No
Yes
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Have you ever been arrested by the police in the United States?
90%
10%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
No
Yes
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The Mindset of the Undocumented Immigrant
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Based on your personal experience, is it better to come to the United States legally or illegally?
6%
0%
94%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
No difference
Illegally
Legally
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If you were able to legalize your status, would you live and work in the United States for the rest of your life or would you return to your home country in the future and live and work there permanently?
81%
19%
Would live in theUnited States
Would return tomy home country
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If it were possible, would you become a citizen of the United States?
10%
90%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
No
Yes
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Legalizing their Status
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If the government of the United States approved a new law that would allow the undocumented to legalize their status, would you make an effort to become legal or is it just easier to remain undocumented?
2%
98%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
It is easier toremain
undocumented
I would make aneffort to become
legal
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Would you be willing to go to a government office, admit that you were here illegally and give them your real name and other information if this was the first step to legalize your status in the United States?
6%
94%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
No
Yes
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Would you be willing to notify the government of any address changes during the time that your status was being legalized?
1%
99%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
No
Yes
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Would you be willing to be fingerprinted and agree to a criminal background check as part of the process that would legalize your status?
4%
96%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
No
Yes
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Would you be willing to pay a fine of $1,000 to the government as a condition to begin the process of legalizing your status?
9%
91%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
No
Yes
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What if the fine was $2,000
42%
58%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
No
Yes
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Would you be willing to enroll in a class that would help you learn to speak English as part of the process to legalize your status?
13%
87%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
No
Yes
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Would you be able to prove that you have
worked in the United States since you arrived?
36%
64%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
No
Yes
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Do you get paid mostly in cash or do you get paid by check?
27%
21%
52%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Both
Paid by check
Paid in cash
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Would you be willing to pay any taxes that you owe as part of the process to legalize your
status?
30%
70%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
No
Yes
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Does money get deducted from your pay check to pay taxes?
61%
39%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
No
Yes
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Let’s summarize.The new law would require you to …If the new law was approved, would you make the effort to legalize your status or is it easier to remain undocumented ?
5%
3%
92%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Don't know/ Noanswer
Easier to remainundocumented
Make an effort tolegalize my status
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Fax: [email protected]
http://www.bendixenandassociates.com