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FBN’s Lou Dobbs on the issues that many Hispanics find more important than immigration.
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The president Obama's decision to stop the deportation of what you call.
800000.
And the Pew Research Center called one and a half million illegal immigrants widely viewed as simply pandering to are critical vote in block.
Are in the midst of -- an election.
But as you've heard me say here many many times before.
Both political parties make a huge mistake when they on this sand and patronized through -- -- Americans and treat them as kind of monolithic I'm thinking growth.
A new survey by Gallup by the way bears that out.
Among registered Hispanic voters what is the most important issue it's gonna be illegal immigration right.
The president.
-- -- -- -- -- But let's examine this were trying to we're gonna be -- group and identity politics tonight.
So let's take a look at how Hispanics and all of us combined it whites blacks.
How we think about various issues in which are the most important.
Among Hispanics.
Health care.
Is number one.
About the world want.
-- -- number two must be must be -- It's gotta be sure illegal immigration but it's now.
Number two.
Jobs.
And then number three.
At immigration.
-- economic growth.
Number three.
And then number 416%.
Responding that they're concerned most about the gap between rich and poor.
Think -- Rich in.
And finally.
Immigration.
Number five.
Number -- How to Hispanic stack up then among all Americans.
Among registered voters all US registered voters surveyed.
21% rated.
The federal deficit the most important.
Number one.
Among all the -- Toward presents -- health -- was the second most important.
And another 20% said economic growth itself.
So where is immigration -- 50% said the gap between rich and four.
Number five.
Immigration.
The blast at six.
And the fact of the matter is.
5% say it's important the most important issue time and again the economy and unemployment continue to rank as the nation's top problem.
Regardless -- breaks.
A Gallup poll last year among -- found.
These the top issues number one.
The economy.
Rated by 31% of -- is the top priority jobs and unemployment number two.
Among whites and and moving ahead to that deficit which is rated number three after go down here.
And number four or health care number four.
-- -- -- It's a main concern for 11% not much difference among blacks by the way 25% said the economy number one.
And jobs and unemployment number two.
Numbers 313%.
-- poor health care.
The some of the time you get through with this it's clear one thing.
Immigration ranked no higher than number five amongst all groups.
Individual groups and all groups -- And every income bracket agrees with that priority.
From those earning 75000.
Dollars to those earning less than 30000 so pandering on immigration issues for the you're a Democrat or Republican will -- -- -- so far among voters.
That is and why should happen to be an advocacy group trying to raise money from specific.
Specific ethnic and racial groups that's when you start to see some of bandage depend.
