By Daniel B. Wood Daniel B. Wood – Mon Jul 12, 4:01 pm ET
Americans\’ support for Arizona’s tough new immigration law is unwavering, with the public unmoved by a legal challenge to the law filed last week by the US Department of Justice, finds a new poll released Monday by TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence (TIPP).
The US Department of Justice filed suit against the state of Arizona in federal court July 6, challenging the state\’s tough new immigration law requiring state and local police to ask ID of anyone they\’ve stopped and then suspect of being in the US illegally.
The most compelling figure from the poll is that 51 percent of Americans support Arizona\’s law as it stands, compared with 35 percent who support the US case against Arizona.
The Justice Department suit asserts that immigration enforcement is a federal prerogative and that Arizona\’s law usurps federal authority. The case is slated to be argued July 22 by a federal judge in Arizona. The law is scheduled to go into effect July 29.
The poll was conducted from July 6 to July 11, among 852 respondents with a margin of 3.4 percentage points.
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