GSS 1972-2021 Cumulative Datafile

523. How do you feel about bilingual education?

524. There are several different ideas about how to teach 
children who don't speak English when they enter our public 
schools. Please look at the card and tell me which statement 
best describes how you feel: 1. All classes should be conducted 
only in English so that children have to learn English right 
from the start. 2. Children who don't know English should have 
classes in their native language just for a year or two until 
they learn English. 3. Students who want to keep up with their 
native languages and cultures should be able to take many of the 
classes in Spanish or other languages all the way through high 
school.

525. Do you believe that election ballots should be printed only 
in English, or in areas where lots of people don't speak 
English, should they also be printed in some other languages?

526. Do you favor a law making English the official language of 
the United States, meaning government business would be 
conducted in English only, or do you oppose such a law?

527. Do you think the number of immigrants from foreign 
countries who are permitted to come to the United States to live 
should be increased a lot, increased a little, left the same as 
it is now, decreased a little, or decreased a lot?

528. Compared to 10 years ago do Hispanics and Asians make up a 
larger share of the population in your local community, the same 
share, or a smaller share?

529. What do you think will happen as a result of more 
immigrants coming to this country? Is each of these possible 
results ver likely, somewhat likely, not too likely or not at 
all likely? b. Higher unemployment

529. What do you think will happen as a result of more 
immigrants coming to this country? Is each of these possible 
results ver likely, somewhat likely, not too likely or not at 
all likely? c. Making it harder to keep the country united.

530. Under current law, immigrants who come from other countries 
to the United States legally are entitled, from the very 
beginning, to government assistance such as Medicaid, food 
stamps, or welfare on the same basis as citizens. But some 
people say they should not be eligible until they have lived 
here for a year or more. Which do you think? Do you think that 
immigrants who are here legally should be eligible for such 
services as soon as they come, or should they not be eligible?

520a. What about "undocumented aliens," that is, those who have 
immigrated to this country illegally? 1. Should illegal 
immigrants be entitled to work permits, or not?

520a. What about "undocumented aliens," that is, those who have 
immigrated to this country illegally? 2. Should they be entitled 
to attend public universities at the same costs as other 
students, or not?