Nearly 9 in 10 want DACA recipients to stay

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BY MAX GREENWOOD - 01/18/18 07:34 AM EST

An overwhelming majority of Americans supports legal protections for certain undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, according to a new CBS News poll.

According to the survey, almost 9 in 10 respondents — 87 percent — said they believe that the so-called Dreamers should be allowed to remain in the U.S. if they meet certain requirements, such as working or going to school ...

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/369487-poll-nearly-nine-in-10-favor-allowing-daca-recipients-to-stay

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1. Most support DACA, but oppose border wall

By Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, Kabir Khanna and Anthony Salvanto

Nearly nine in 10 Americans favor allowing young immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally as children to remain in the U.S. ...

But Americans divide over whether the issue is worth risking a shutdown of the federal government. Democrats think it is, Republicans do not.

Most Americans continue to oppose building a border wall, but seven in 10 Republicans support it ...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/most-americans-support-daca-but-oppose-border-wall-cbs-news-poll/

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2. At that percentage, it even includes a

good hunk of the Deplorables.