Americans in Poll Divided on Obama Immigration Action

Support for allowing undocumented residents to stay in U.S. is at an all-time low.

Fadila Mrkulic (L) and Tatiana Lambert react the offices of 32BJ SEIU, a workers union, during a viewing party for U.S. President Barack Obama's speech on evecutive action immigration policy reform on November 20, 2014 in New York City.
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By John McCormick

November 25, 2014 at 11:17 AM UTC

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American voters are divided on President Barack Obama's executive order on immigration and also increasingly opposed to allowing undocumented immigrants to stay in the country, a poll released Tuesday by Quinnipiac University shows.

Forty-five percent say the president should issue an executive order if Congress fails to act on the immigration issue—as he did last week—while 48 percent say he should not. Obama announced plans to take action to protect up to 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation provided they meet certain criteria.