If these is some polling data that likely voters in the general election place illegal immigration so high on their lists of concerns, would someone please share it?
Whether it is a legit important issue or not, I don’t think John Q Public has it on their mind right now.
Now if so many was immigration in general decreased, you can bet they are more adamant about illegal migration.
This is from 2010 - Seems to be a pretty big issue
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/05/12/94050/most-americans-approve-of-arizonas.html
WASHINGTON — A strong majority of Americans support Arizona’s controversial new immigration law and would back similar laws in their own states, a new McClatchy-Ipsos poll found.
Sixty-one percent of Americans — and 64 percent of registered voters — said they favored the law in a survey of 1,016 adults conducted May 6-9.
Strikingly, nearly half of Democrats like the law, under which local law enforcement officers are tasked with verifying people’s immigration status if they suspect them of being in the country illegally. While the Democratic Party generally is regarded as more sympathetic to illegal immigrants’ plights, 46 percent of Democrats said they favored the law for Arizona and 49 percent said they’d favor the law’s passage in their own states.
More than 8 in 10 Republicans and 54 percent of independents favor the law.
In addition, about 69 percent of Americans said they wouldn’t mind if police officers stopped them to ask for proof of their citizenship or legal rights to be in the country; about 29 percent would mind, considering it a violation of their rights; and about 3 percent were unsure.
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