Wide Partisan Divide in Overall Views of Immigrants' Impact on the U.S. Which comes closer to your view? Immigrants today (%) Burden country Strengthen
About half (51%) say immigrants today strengthen the country because of their hard work and talents, while 41% say immigrants are a burden because they take jobs, housing and health care. The share saying that immigrants strengthen the country has declined six percentage points since last year.
Wide Partisan Divide in Overall Views of  | Immigrants' Impact on the U.S.  | Which comes closer to your view?  | Immigrants today (%)  | Burden country Strengthen  | by taking jobs country through  | housing health hard work &  | talents  | care  | Total  | 41  | 51  | Re publican  | 63  | 27  | Democrat  | 32  | 62  | Independ lent  | 36  | 57  | Survey conducted May 12-18 2015 Other/don 'tknow responses  | notshown.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 