We've argued for years that Hispanics are not talking about immigration 24/7. In other words, most Hispanics are in the country legally or born in the US. IBD highlights a new poll about Hispanics. It won't be good news for the Obama reelection team and their efforts to "scare" Hispanics in 2012. Here are the key findings of the poll: An October 2010 study by Pew found that just 29% of Latinos said illegal immigrants' impact was positive vs. 31% who said the impact was negative. Another 30% saw no impact. Among native-born Hispanics, 36% said illegal immigration had had a negative effect, while only 24% said it was positive. The same study found that Latinos rated immigration fourth on their list of top issues, behind education, jobs and health care. Only 32% rated it as extremely important. For U.S.-born Latinos, immigration ranks sixth, also dropping below the budget deficit and the environment. Amazingly, Pew even found that immigration reform wasn't the top issue for illegal immigrants, with only 27% of....
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