New Immigration Policy Largely Supported by Independents
By Kymberly Bays on 06/19/2012 in Barack Obama, Department of Homeland Security, immigration with 1 CommentRead Time: < 1 minute
Bloomberg has polling numbers in today on public opinions toward President Obama’s change in immigration policy.
Sixty-four percent of likely voters surveyed after Obama’s June 15 announcement said they agreed with the policy, while 30 percent said they disagreed. Independents backed the decision by better than a two-to-one margin.
The President announced last week he would give the Department of Homeland Security a directive to stop deportation of certain illegal immigrants. His order will cover those under the age of 30, who came to the United States before they were 16, have lived here for at least 5 years, have no criminal record, and are in school.
What do you think about the Obama Administration’s new immigration policy?





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Jane Susskind
06.19.2012
@jsusskind
Interesting. When we asked our Facebook community, the majority of the 250+ votes disagreed with Obama and believed he had overstepped Congress. Obviously a Facebook question is not the equivalent to an official poll, but it’s still interesting to see what a divided issue immigration reform is.