Among "non-Hispanics," 36% of those born in the U.S. support executive amnesty while 57% disapprove, while 60% of foreign-born non-Hispanics support executive amnesty while 32% disapprove.
As the Washington Post noted, "Hispanics who are born in this country are much more likely to be Hispanic voters" since "while foreign-born Hispanics are about half of all Hispanic adults, according to Pew, they are only about 24 percent of Hispanic eligible voters."
Though establishment Republicans have insisted that amnesty programs are necessary to win the Hispanic vote (Republicans can still win the White House without massively flipping the Hispanic vote), even the Post had to conclude that "if you look just at Hispanics who are most likely to vote in the 2016 presidential election, Gallup's numbers suggest they aren't as supportive of the executive action as the main poll numbers suggest."
RINCETON, N.J. -- Americans overall say they disapprove (51%) rather than approve of (41%) the executive actions President Barack Obama plans to take to deal with undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. However, Hispanics, U.S. immigrants and blacks approve of the actions by wide margins, whereas whites are oppose them.
Obama outlined his planned steps in a nationally televised address Nov. 20. He intends to grant legal resident status to undocumented immigrants who have been in the U.S. five years or longer, have children born here and who do not have a criminal record. Republican leaders in Congress widely oppose the move, in particular his use of executive orders rather than the legislative process to change the policy.
The Gallup Daily tracking question did not address the specifics of the actions, but rather asked Americans for their views on the "executive actions President Obama plans to take dealing with certain categories of undocumented immigrants living in the U.S." Recent polls other organizations have conducted since Obama's speech, as well as past polls by Gallup, show Americans favor plans to allow illegal immigrants to remain in the U.S. if they meet certain requirements, rather than deporting them. Thus, opposition to Obama's policy may have as much to do with his use of the executive order rather than the legislative process, or simply political opposition to Obama and his agenda more generally, as to the specifics of what he is proposing.
Roughly two-thirds of Americans say they are following news about Obama's immigration actions closely, with relatively little variation in attention paid by whites, blacks, Hispanics and immigrants.
Three in Four Hispanic Immigrants Back Obama's Actions
Obama's actions on immigration will likely help him politically with the growing Hispanic population in the U.S. because Hispanics favor the proposal by a better than 2-to-1 margin. Notably, support is higher among Hispanics who migrated to the U.S. (75%) than among Hispanics who were born in this country (51%), but both groups show greater approval than disapproval.
More generally, those of all racial and ethnic backgrounds who were born outside the U.S. are far more supportive of Obama's proposed actions than those born in this country.
Obama made clear in his address to the nation that he believes he has the legal authority to use an executive order to address the status of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. However, many disagree, and his actions are already facing challenges. The Republican-led House of Representatives last week passed a bill to block Obama's actions. And 17 states are joining a legal challenge to Obama's proposed actions.
The Gallup data clearly underscore the divisiveness of Obama's actions, both politically and along racial and ethnic lines. However, the groups most opposed to what Obama is doing are also the groups least likely to support him. As a result, even with the overall negative reaction to his immigration plans, his job approval rating has held fairly steady since he announced them.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/179990/hispanics-back-obama-immigration-actions.aspx
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