Pew: Three-quarters of Americans support permanent status for ‘Dreamers’

Three-quarters of all U.S. adults support granting permanent legal immigration status to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center.

The fate of many so-called Dreamers is currently in the balance, as the Supreme Court is due to rule on President Trump‘s order to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which grants deferral from deportation as well as work permits to nearly 700,000 Dreamers.

According to Pew, majorities of all racial and ethnic groups surveyed — and majorities of both Democrats and Republicans — support granting permanent status to Dreamers. Continue reading.