September 3, 2010
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Civitas Poll: Unaffiliated Voters Support Enforcement of Illegal Immigration Laws

Raleigh, N.C. – Fifty-seven percent of North Carolina’s unaffiliated voters support Arizona’s new law regarding illegal immigration, according to a new National Research Inc. poll released today by the Civitas Institute.

According to the live caller poll of 400 unaffiliated likely voters, 57 percent said they support Arizona’s new illegal immigration law which requires that law enforcement officers check an individual’s immigration status when enforcing other laws. Thirty-three percent of voters said they oppose it, and 10 percent said they do not know or have no opinion.

“Voters understand that the federal government has failed to control illegal immigration and support a state stepping up and dealing with the matter in a lawful manner,â€