82% of Likely Voters Say Businesses Should be Required to Use E-Verify
A new poll conducted by Rasmussen Reports found that 82% of likely voters think businesses should be required to use E-Verify. The poll also found that 61% of likely voters would favor a state law that shuts down businesses that repeatedly hire illegal workers.
The poll was conducted after the Supreme Court's ruling last week that upholds an Arizona law that suspends a company's business license if found repeatedly hiring illegal workers. Only 12% of likely voters would oppose a nationwide mandatory E-Verify law.
The survey also asked likely voters if they supported state laws preventing landlords from renting to illegal aliens, and 63% say they would favor such a law. Sixty-seven percent of likely voters also said that they would favor state immigration enforcement laws if the federal government was not enforcing federal laws.
For more information on this poll, see Rasmussen Reports.