Poll: Obama’s immigration policies rate highly with Florida voters

Two thirds of Florida voters approve of the order to keep young immigrants from being deported.   - - Donna Poisl

from The Capitol Column | Staff

A Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times/Bay News 9 poll released Friday shows that the majority of Florida voters favor President Barack Obama’s recent executive order allowing young undocumented immigrants to seek a path towards citizenship.

The poll shows that 66 percent of voters in Florida are in favor of the immigration policy shift, while 28 percent oppose the president’s move and 6 percent are undecided. That could be crucial for the president when he faces presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney who would like to keep the election focused on the slumping economy.

Mr. Obama’s immigration law applies to foreign nationals who were brought to the U.S. as young children.
Click on the HEADLINE above to read the rest of this story! This is only a small part of it.