Georgia voters strongly support immigration reform legislation now before the U.S. Senate, according to a telephone poll released Thursday by a coalition of immigration reform advocates.

Sixty-one percent of 562 likely voters surveyed June 5-7 using computerized interactive voice-response technology said they “strongly support” or “somewhat support” a bill being pushed by the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” in the Senate.

Seventy-eight percent of the respondents said they would strongly or somewhat support an immigration reform plan requiring “undocumented immigrants” to the U.S. to pay a penalty, learn English, pass a criminal background check, pay taxes and wait at least 13 years before becoming eligible for citizenship.

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