Obama’s immigration executive action is less popular with Hispanics than you think

The Washington Post – Aaron Blake

President Obama’s executive action on immigration isn’t polling well – except among Hispanics, of course. New data from Gallup bears that out. While Americans overall disapprove of the executive action 51 percent to 41 percent, Latinos support it more than two-to-one: 64 percent to 28 percent.

But drill down a little further, and you’ll see that the topline number among Hispanics is somewhat misleading. Basically, Obama’s move is hugely popular among only one particular Hispanic group: foreign-born Hispanics – a.k.a. immigrants.

While Hispanic immigrants back the executive action 75 percent to 17 percent, Hispanics who were born in the United States are actually relatively evenly split: 51 percent to 42 percent in favor.

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