Compared to the rest of the world, Americans are overwhelmingly welcoming toward immigration. That should come as a surprise to certain U.S. political and media circles.

Roughly 44 percent of Americans say the U.S. should allow about the same number of immigrants into the country as it does now, according to a survey of 27 nations conducted earlier this year by the Pew Research Center. Twenty-four percent of U.S. respondents in the same poll said America should allow in more immigrants. Only 29 percent wanted to let in fewer.

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