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Jeb Bush Discusses Immigration Reform – Video


Jeb Bush Discusses Immigration Reform
Jeb Bush explains to WSJ Washington Bureau Chief the tenants of successful immigration reform and the faults he sees with the president #39;s executive action. Subscribe to the WSJ channel here:...

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Congressman Thompson – Immigration Reform – Video


Congressman Thompson - Immigration Reform
Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, delivers his opening statement for the full Committee hearing on: Open Borders: The Impact of Presidential ...

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152 – Immigration Reform 2014 Recap Part 1 – Video


152 - Immigration Reform 2014 Recap Part 1
Nguyen Legal Group, P.C. is a full service immigration law firm that was established in 1997 with the intention to assists the community in all immigration. ...

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Obama Immigration Reform 2014 Speech: Announcing Executives – Video


Obama Immigration Reform 2014 Speech: Announcing Executives
Obama Immigration Reform 2014 Speech: Announcing Executive.

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Hispanic Voters Think Opposing Immigration is Disqualifier, Poll Says

TIME Politics Immigration Hispanic Voters Think Opposing Immigration is Disqualifier, Poll Says Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, speaks at an event at Illuminating Technologies Inc., in Greensboro, N.C. on Sept. 24, 2014. Tom WilliamsCQ-Roll Call Poll confirms findings of GOP "autopsy" on 2012 election

Immigration reform is a threshold issue for most Hispanic voters, a new poll out Thursday finds, putting the Republican Party at a disadvantage heading into 2016.

The poll conducted by Democratic and Republican pollsters for the Michael Bloomberg-backed immigration reform group Partnership for a New American Economy, finds broad support for immigration reform among the Hispanic community, in particular providing a path to citizenship for the more than 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.

The poll confirms many Republicans worst fears, including the party own autopsy into the 2012 election results which warned that the GOP must embrace and champion comprehensive immigration reform in order to win national elections. House Republicans blocked a bipartisan Senate-passed comprehensive immigration reform bill this Congress, and the prospects of a similar bill passing in the Republican-controlled Congress beginning in January are slim to none.

Illustrating the problem for the GOP was a hypothetical matchup between a liberal candidate opposed to immigration reform and a conservative candidate who supports it. While Hispanic voters have consistently voted with Democrats, 51 percent of those polled said they would support the conservative who supports immigration reform, compared to 31 percent who would support the liberal. In practice, Republicans wont have that opportunity, with likely Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton supporting comprehensive immigration reform.

Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, is the most outspoken potential Republican candidate on immigration issues, but his calls for reform have put him out of step with his partys primary voters. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who backed the Senate immigration bill, has since cooled on the issue. Other Republicans have either remained silent on immigration issues or opposed immigration reform efforts.

The poll found that jobs and the economy are still the most important issues for Hispanic voters at the polls, but that opposing immigration reform could be an immediate disqualifier for a candidate.

Nearly twice as many Hispanic voters in the battleground states of Arizona, Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, and Nevada would vote for the Democratic nominee over the Republican, 52 percent to 28 percent, if the 2016 Presidential election were held today, with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton holding even larger margins in head-to-head match-ups with likely Republican candidates.

The poll was conducted by The Tarrance Group and Bendixen & Amandi International nationally and the five battleground states from November 16-18 and surveyed 1,684 Hispanic voters. The poll has a margin of error of 2.45 percent.

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