… Six in 10 Americans support the idea of allowing undocumented immigrants already in the United States to remain and, with some conditions, gain the status needed to work legally. A slightly smaller but still majority stake of Americans, 57 percent, agree that immigrants strengthen American society. Still, those opinions aren’t enough to give Democrats — the party with a platform and a field of 2016 candidates who all consistently hew closest to these positions — a clear edge when pollsters asked which party would do a better job handling immigration. CONT.
Janell Ross, Washington Post