claim: among hispanics, support for immigration reform is close to universal.
author: bill richardson
evidence_1: jul 6, 2014 ... america's faith factions are typically divided on the big issues, but there was near -universal religious support for the immigration reform bill that died this ... among  hispanic evangelicals as pastors and activists, have broadened their national  prominence as faith leaders urgently advocating for immigration ...
evidence_2: oct 29, 2014 ... chapter 5: hispanics and their views of immigration reform. by mark ... among  latino registered voters, the foreign born are more likely than the u.s. born to say  that passing significant new immigration legislation .... close to half (47%) of  immigrant latino voters favor giving equal priority to both measures.
evidence_3: oct 18, 2015 ... if donald trump flames out, the republican establishment should incorporate  some components of his immigration stance into the party platform.
evidence_4: aug 12, 2015 ... republicans are far less likely to support a path to citizenship, at 50%, but that is  still the most common view among this group. thirty-one percent of ... some party  leaders believe advocating immigration reform could shore up hispanic support  for the gop in the 2016 general election. survey methods.
evidence_5: when congress passed the immigration reform and control act in 1986, it  authorized two legalization programs, one for farm workers ... as the number of  newly minted citizens grew, so did the number of mexicans admitted to the united  states outside the quotas as ...