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    Surge of Central American Children Roils U.S. Immigration Debate

    Survey Report As the president and Congress struggle over how to deal with the influx of thousands of unaccompanied minors from Central America across the U.S.-Mexican border, a new survey finds that the public favors a shift in U.S. policy to expedite the legal processing of the children. President Obama gets very low ratings for […]

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    As Mideast Violence Continues, a Wide Partisan Gap in Israel-Palestinian Sympathies

    Survey Report As violence between Israel and Hamas shows no signs of abating, the sympathies of the American public continue to lie with Israel rather than the Palestinians. And dating back to the late 1970s, the partisan gap in Mideast sympathies has never been wider. Currently, 51% of Americans say that in the dispute between […]

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    Americans show modest interest in Iraq news, less interest in World Cup

    About the Survey The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted June 26-29, 2014 among a national sample of 1,002 adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental United States (501respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 501were interviewed on a cell phone, including 303 who had no […]