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A majority say the U.S. should live out welcoming words etched on the Statue of Liberty, but almost a third say the country does not need to continue welcoming new immigrants, according to a new poll released as the state struggles with the strain of the asylum-seeker crisis.
In the statewide Siena College survey, published Tuesday, the Statue of Liberty exhortation — “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” — received support from 69% of voters, with 21% opposed.
And a broad, bipartisan majority said assimilating immigrants into the American melting pot made the nation great, according to the poll. About as large a share of Republicans (77%) and Democrats (83%) said assimilating arrivals made the country strong.
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