A new poll using neutral language — and avoiding the false choice of conditional legalization vs. mass deportations — finds that most Americans want illegal immigrants to return to their home counties, rather than be given legal status,” reports Steven A. Camarota, Director of Research at the Center for Immigration Studies, an outfit that would appear to agree with that recommendation.

Of likely voters, 52 percent responded that they preferred to see illegal aliens go back to their home countries, compared to just 33 percent who want them given legal status, the late January polling found.

Furthermore, of those who want illegal aliens to head home, 73 percent indicated that they felt “very strongly” about that view, while just 35 percent of those who want illegal immigrants to get legal status said they felt very strongly about it.