Laura Collins for American Action Forum: Pew Hispanic released a new poll on immigration that shows some troubling opinions on legal immigration. The survey found that 31 percent of those polled think legal immigration should decrease and 39 percent believe immigration levels should remain unchanged. Only 24 percent think the United States needs more legal immigration.

The 24 percent of respondents who favor more legal immigration understand that good immigration policy is good economic policy. As the American Action Forum has shown, benchmark immigration reform that increases the number of legal immigrants and temporary workers would be good for the economy, raising the pace of economic growth by almost 1 percent, increasing GDP per capita by $1,500, and reducing the federal deficit by over $2.5 trillion.