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Few questions have consistently divided Republicans like immigration does, long before Donald Trump's comments, though the current framing and tenor is not the way party leaders had wanted it, nor other candidates, for that matter.
On overall policy, polling has consistently shown that while a sizeable portion of Republicans - including many, but not all, conservatives - take a hard line on illegal immigration, another of roughly the same size or larger sees things differently; they're accepting of a potential path to citizenship or some form of legalization. And these voter divisions may be mirrored in at least one key primary state, not just nationwide. (It might not have precluded the current debate, but those divisions are one reason reforms may have stalled in Congress, too.)
Recent CBS News polling shows the kind of breakdown on immigration policy we've routinely found for years, with just under half of Republicans saying undocumented immigrants should be required to leave. Another half are okay with some form of legalization, including just over a third of Republicans who would back a path to citizenship.
More: www.cbsnews.com
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