How U.S. workers feel about immigration now split even more widely by political party

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The Pew survey shows that Americans have grown more positive about immigrants’ impact on workers over the last decade, a period when immigration to the U.S. dipped. /PHOTO: JOHN MOORE/GETTY IMAGES

Republicans have grown more wary of foreign workers while Democrats say they help U.S. employees, Pew Research Center finds

By Janet Adamy | The Wall Street Journal

Americans are more likely to believe that immigration hurts U.S. workers instead of helping them, and their views are hardening along party lines, new research shows.

A report by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center released Thursday found that 45% of adults say the growing number of immigrants working in the U.S. hurts workers, while 42% say having more immigrants helps workers. The survey of about 5,000 adults was conducted from late May to late June.

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