A Rasmussen Reports survey shows that 61% of likely U.S. voters believe that a child born to a woman who is here illegally should not automatically become a U.S. citizen

This is the highest level of support for a change in the existing law found in five years of Rasmussen Reports surveying. In addition, 84% of voters believe that before anyone receives local, state or federal government services, they should be required to prove that they are legally allowed to be in the United States. Also, 77% of Republicans and 63% of voters not affiliated with either major political party oppose automatic U.S. citizenship for children born in the United States to illegal immigrants. Americans believe that there is more poverty in the United States in 2011 than there was 10 years ago, but 61% of adults say that if immigration laws were enforced, there would be less poverty in the country. Finally, 50% of adults say that it is too easy to qualify for welfare in the United States.