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Poll: Nearly two-thirds back AZ law
Posted: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 5:00 PM by Mark Murray
Filed Under: States, Polls
Poll: Nearly two-thirds back AZ law - First Read - msnbc.com
64% of all Americans polled favor this law.
Posted: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 5:00 PM by Mark Murray
Filed Under: States, Polls
From NBC's Mark Murray
Here's another set of numbers from the new NBC/WSJ poll we're teasing:
Nearly two-thirds of Americans back Arizona's new anti-illegal immigration law, which makes it a state crime for a person to be in the country illegally. The law also requires local and state law enforcement officials to question people about their immigration status if they suspect they’re in the country illegally.
Sixty-four percent favor this law, while 34 percent oppose it. But those numbers are essentially reversed among Latinos -- with 70 percent of them opposing the law, and only 27 percent supporting it.
Even though almost two-thirds of the public supports Arizona’s law, nearly an identical number (66 percent) believe it will lead to the discrimination of Latino immigrants who reside in the U.S. legally.
The full NBC/WSJ poll is released at 6:30 pm ET.
Poll: Nearly two-thirds back AZ law - First Read - msnbc.com
64% of all Americans polled favor this law.