By Ruxandra Guidi
More than half of U.S. Latinos say they disapprove of the way the Obama administration has handled deportations of undocumented immigrants in the last couple of years. Last year, the federal government deported a record 393,000 people.
According to the report, “As Deportations Rise to Record Levels, Most Latinos Oppose Obama’s Policy,” Latinos are nearly twice as likely as the general public to prefer immigration reform and a path to legalization, over just increasing border security.
For these reasons, President Obama suffered a decline in his approval rating among Latinos. But the latest Pew survey finds that despite this, Latinos’ support for the Democratic Party remains strong.