Election 2016: Alabama town mirrors US class divide on immigration

 

With Election 2016 on the horizon, this CNN report considers class divides on the issue of immigration and immigration enforcement and interviews some residents of Alabama.  A few years back, Alabama passed a strict immigration enforcement law, H.B. 56, which was struck down in large part in the courts for intruding on the federal power to regulate immigration.

 

A CNN/Kaiser Family Foundation poll (PDF) released this week reveals deep divides across the United States on immigration.

 

Working-class whites — a group some analysts say could play a decisive role in the presidential election (recall Ronald Reagan) — are far more likely than others to say that undocumented immigrants should be deported. More than half (55%) say that’s something the government should attempt, compared with 27% of white college grads.

 

KJ