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Voters Say Obama Shouldn’t Act on Immigration Without Congress

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Most voters oppose President Obama taking solo action on immigration issues without Congress, perhaps in part because many don’t believe he is as interested as they are in stopping illegal immigration.

Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the federal government should only do what the president and Congress agree on when it comes to immigration. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 33% believe the president should take action alone if Congress does not approve the initiatives he has proposed. Ten percent (10%) are undecided. (To see question wording, click here.)

This is consistent with surveying earlier this year in which 55% said the government should only do what the president and Congress agree on when it comes to issues in general that Obama considers important to the nation. Thirty-five percent (35%) felt the president should take action alone if Congress does not approve the initiatives he has proposed.

Fifty-five percent (55%) of Democrats feel the president should go it alone on immigration policy if he feels it’s necessary. Eighty-one percent (81%) of Republicans and 58% of voters not affiliated with either major political party think the government should only do what Congress and the president agree on.

But then while most voters have said for years that stopping illegal immigration is more important than putting those already here illegally on the path to citizenship, they believe Obama has the opposite agenda. Just 15% think the president puts preventing future illegal immigration ahead of making it easier for illegal immigrants to become U.S. citizens. A plurality (47%) feels that making these illegal immigrants citizens is more important to the president. Twenty-seven percent (27%) say he considers the two of equal importance.

Forty-eight percent (48%) of voters want Congress to find a way to stop the president’s plan to protect up to five million illegal immigrants from deportation. Forty-three percent (43%) believe Congress should allow this action to stand.
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