LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Most voters in the U.S. believe legal immigration is good for America, according to a recent Napolitan News survey.

The survey revealed that at least 79% of voters in every state and congressional district support legal immigration.

Scott Rasmussen, president of RMG Research and founder of the Napolitan Institute, said the results “highlight the deeply held consensus that America is both a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.”

He added, “The importance of immigration policy to defining a nation is demonstrated by the fact that the issue was one of the complaints lodged against King George III in the Declaration of Independence.”

Rasmussen emphasized that those numbers have remained stable for decades.

The results could be an important data point heading into November’s general election. In Michigan, 83% of voters said legal immigration is good for America, while just 12% disagreed with that statement.

The broad support for legal immigration also highlights a distinction likely to surface in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race: support for immigration within the law versus how the nation enforces those laws. Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has made abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) a key pillar of his campaign. Before the Aug. 4 primary election, El-Sayed said ICE is about “weaponizing the idea of immigration against the Constitution.” He has not backed down from that position since winning the primary.

The survey also revealed that voters believe legal immigration should carry specific requirements for entering the U.S. Fifty-five percent said requirements should include being able to speak English and demonstrating financial independence.

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Western values also took center stage in the survey. Fifty-seven percent said the U.S. should give immigration preference to people from cultures that share American human rights values.