Transcript How effective is the current U.S. immigration policy?

United States Immigration Policy Issues Facing the Next
U.S. President to be Sworn in January 2009
n = 406
Ensuring a legal workforce through an
effective employment verification system
42%
Securing the U.S. borders
24%
Providing a path to citizenship for illegal
workers
17%
Fixing the legal immigration system for
skilled workers
Other
0%
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14%
3%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
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How Strongly do You Agree or Disagree that
Current United States Immigration Policies
n = 293
Strongly
disagree
Disagree
Agree
Strongly
agree
Help your organization’s
international recruitment
efforts
20%
48%
28%
4%
Help your organization keep
jobs in the US
20%
35%
33%
12%
Help promote national
security
18%
38%
33%
11%
Help your organization’s
ability to compete globally
18%
41%
35%
6%
Permit your organization to
hire the best talent to remain
competitive
12%
41%
39%
8%
Help your organization’s
ability to compete in the
United States
12%
40%
39%
9%
Permit your organization to
retain the best talent to
remain competitive
9%
40%
42%
9%
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Level of Difficulty Organizations Have in Attracting Skilled
Workers to the U.S. Under the Current U.S. Immigration Policy
n = 199
40%
31%
30%
28%
25%
20%
16%
10%
0%
Not at all difficult
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Slightly difficult
Somewhat difficult
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Very difficult
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Effectiveness of Current U.S. Immigration Policy in
n = 404
Not at all
effective
Slightly
effective
Somewhat
effective
Very
effective
Providing the resources
for employers to hire only
authorized workers
25%
33%
37%
5%
Preventing the hiring of
unauthorized workers
25%
29%
40%
6%
Encouraging identity fraud
20%
28%
30%
32%
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Methodology
• Response rate = 15%
• Sample comprised of 409 randomly selected
HR professionals from SHRM’s membership.
• Margin of error is +/- 5%.
• Survey fielded the week of April 29, 2008
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