The Impact of U.S. v. Texas on the Latino Electorate

Earlier today America’s Voice and Latino Decisions released poll results assessing Latino voters’ knowledge of and reaction to the Supreme Court’s U.S. v. Texas decision blocking President Obama’s authority to implement DAPA and to expand DACA. The poll surveyed 657 registered Latino voters using a mix on online and live telephone interviews between June 29th and July 5th and has a margin of error of +/-3.8 percentage points. … In what follows, I highlight some of the key results.

Latino voters broadly support the policies at the center of the Republicans’ legal challenge. Specifically, 83% of respondents either approve or strongly approve of DAPA, which would stop the deportation of undocumented immigrants who have been in the U.S. for five years or more and whose children are American citizens, and 81% of respondents either approve or strongly approve of DACA, which provides temporary work permits to undocumented immigrant youth. CONT.

David F. Damore, Latino Decisions

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