By Sahil Kapur from The Raw Story
If you believe the popularity of Arizona’s tough crackdown on immigration reflect growing anti-immigrant wave, think again.
Supporters of the measure are even more likely than its opponents to favor a comprehensive immigration overhaul, a new survey conducted by Lake Research Partners and Public Opinion Strategies found Friday.
A whopping eighty-four percent of Arizona law backers said they support reform that includes a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants – higher than the seventy-eight percent of overall national voters in favor of such a program.
Despite its high-profile controversies and legal challenges, voters said they favor the state’s measure by a massive 60 to 23 percent margin – 45 percent “strongly” support it. Numerous national polls have shown similar findings.
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