Californians divided on Arizona immigration law

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slight majority of Californians favor Arizona’s controversial law that makes illegal immigration a state crime and allows police officers in the Grand Canyon state to question people’s immigration status based on “reasonable suspicion,” according to a Field Poll released today.

However, the results are close and clearly divided along partisan lines. California voters approve of the law by a 49 to 45 percent margin. A 62 percent majority of Democrats disapprove of the law, while 77 percent of Republicans said they favor the law.

“It’s a very divided public here in California,” said Field Poll director Mark DiCamillo. Opinions here are much more divided (than national opinions), and I would even say that the splits are wider.”

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