In 2006, a CNN poll asked half the sample:
"Would you favor or oppose a bill that would allow illegal immigrants who have been in this country for more than five years to stay in the U.S. and apply for citizenship if they have a job and pay back taxes?"
and the other half:
"Would you favor or oppose a bill that would give amnesty to illegal immigrants who have been in this country for more than five years if they have a job and pay back taxes?"
79% said they would favor the first and 18% oppose. For the second, it was 68% favor and 28% oppose. So the word "amnesty" produced a less favorable reaction than a description of what it would involve, but more than two-thirds were in favor.
I looked at breakdowns by party, self-rated ideology, and education, and didn't see any evidence that the effects of question wording differed by those categories.
[Data from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research]
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