When asked about a plan that would require immigrants to pay taxes; hold employers accountable for hiring legal workers and prevent them from exploiting immigrant labor; improve border security; and ensure that undocumented immigrants have a chance to work towards citizenship, 80% of Americans supported the plan.

In the 2012 network exit polls, 65% of all voters said that undocumented immigrants “should be offered a chance to apply for legal status,” while only 28% said that they should be “deported to the country they came from." Numerous other polls that divide "legal status" into two options--full citizenship and temporary legal status--show that citizenship is by far the preferred option.

A national Election Day poll of voters by Lake Research Partners[1] demonstrates strong support for President Obama’s decision to stop deporting young immigrants who came to this country as children but are not legal residents. A solid majority of voters support this policy (57%), including close to a majority (46%) who strongly support it, while only 26% are opposed. While Democrats are the most likely to favor this policy (75%) a majority of Independents (60%) and a substantial number of Republicans (35%) also favor Obama’s decision.

New Poll from Latino Decisions Reveals that Immigration is Important Issue to Virginia’s Latino Voters Today, at a live streamed panel held at George Mason University (which was co-sponsored by the GMU Department of Public and International Affairs and the Middle East Studies Program) national political analysts, advocates, and community leaders from Virginia discussed how Latino voters and [...]

New Poll from Latino Decisions Reveals that Immigration is a Top Issue and Latino Voters Overwhelmingly Support Modified Driver’s License Proposal Today, at a live streamed panel at the University of New Mexico’s main campus, national political analysts, advocates, and community leaders from New Mexico discussed how Latino voters and the immigration issue will shape the presidential [...]

New Poll from Latino Decisions Reveals that Immigration is Important Issue to Colorado’s Latino Voters Today, at a live streamed panel held in the Tivoli Student Union at the Metropolitan State University of Denver, political analysts, advocates, and community leaders from Colorado and across the country discussed how Latino voters and the immigration issue will shape the Presidential, [...]

New Poll from Latino Decisions Reveals that Immigration is Top of Mind for Arizona’s Latino Voters  Today, at a live-streamed panel at the Cronkite School, Arizona State University in downtown Phoenix, political analysts, advocates, and community leaders from Arizona and across the country discussed how Latino voters and immigration reform will shape the presidential, Senate and House races [...]

New Poll from Latino Decisions Reveals the Continuing Prominence of Immigration on the Minds of Florida’s Latino Voters  Today, at a live streamed panel at the University of Miami’s College of Arts and Science’s Gallery, Washington, DC and Florida-based political analysts, immigrant advocates, and community leaders discussed the politics of immigration and the Latino vote and assessed how [...]