President Barack Obama: Illegal Immigrants

Illegal Immigrants Dept: The finding, in a new Associated Press-GfK poll, comes as the Republican Party seeks to increase its meagre support among Latino voters, who turned out in large numbers to help-re-elect President Barack Obama in November, according to Montreal Gazette. The poll results suggest that the public overall, not just Hispanics, will back his efforts. Sixty-two per cent of Americans now favour providing a way for illegal immigrants in the U.S. to become citizens, an increase from just 50 per cent in the summer of 2010, the last time the AP polled on the question and wASHINGTON - More than 6 in 10 Americans now favour allowing illegal immigrants to eventually become U.S. citizens, a major increase in support driven by a turnaround in Republicans' opinions after the 2012 elections. Emboldened by the overwhelming Hispanic backing and by shifting attitudes on immigration, Obama has made overhauling laws about who can legally live in the U.S. a centerpiece of his second-term agenda. In the coming weeks, he is expected to aggressively push for ways to create an eventual pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants already in this country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.