{"id":13709,"date":"2014-11-24T15:16:41","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T20:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/immigration-changes-draw-broad-public-interest\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:20:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:20:26","slug":"immigration-changes-draw-broad-public-interest","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2014\/11\/24\/immigration-changes-draw-broad-public-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration changes draw broad public interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/FT_news-interest-11-23-14.png\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f0ecdf\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f0ecdf;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"326\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/11\/FT_news-interest-11-23-14.png?resize=304,326 304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-25222 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/11\/FT_news-interest-11-23-14.png\" alt=\"FT_news-interest-11-23-14\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Obama\u2019s executive action on immigration, <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2014\/11\/21\/how-obamas-executive-action-will-impact-immigrants-by-birth-country\/\">expanding deportation relief to millions of undocumented immigrants<\/a>, attracted strong public interest last week.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, 39% of the public say they paid very close attention to news about Obama\u2019s policy allowing certain immigrants living in the U.S. illegally to remain in the country. A third (33%) tracked news about the outbreak of the Ebola virus very closely while about as many (31%) tracked news about the Islamic militant group known as ISIS.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amid anticipation over a grand jury ruling in the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., 25% say they are following developments in the shooting death of Michael Brown very closely. That is on par with interest in the weeks following Brown\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2014\/08\/18\/stark-racial-divisions-in-reactions-to-ferguson-police-shooting\/\">death in August<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/FT_news-interest-ferguson.png\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ebebeb\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ebebeb;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/11\/FT_news-interest-ferguson.png?resize=205,300 205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-25210 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/11\/FT_news-interest-ferguson.png\" alt=\"FT_news-interest-ferguson\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">News interest in Obama\u2019s new immigration policy is nearly as high among whites (37% following very closely) as among Hispanics (45%) and blacks (44%). There are wider racial differences in interest in other stories, notably Ferguson and Ebola. About four-in-ten blacks (44%) tracked developments in the Michael Brown case very closely compared with 25% of whites. And blacks are much more likely than whites to say they tracked news about Ebola very closely (52% vs. 29%).<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/FT_news-interest-immigration-partisan-split.png\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ececec\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ececec;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"311\" height=\"328\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/11\/FT_news-interest-immigration-partisan-split.png?resize=311,328 311w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-25212 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/11\/FT_news-interest-immigration-partisan-split.png\" alt=\"FT_news-interest-immigration-partisan-split\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There also are partisan differences in interest in several of last week\u2019s stories. Notably, a greater share of Republicans (49%) than Democrats (39%) say they followed news about Obama\u2019s new immigration policy very closely, and Republicans are 14 points more likely than Democrats to follow news about ISIS very closely (44% vs. 30%).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2014\/11\/24\/11-23-14-news-interest-topline\/\">See the topline and full survey methodology.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2014\/11\/21\/how-obamas-executive-action-will-impact-immigrants-by-birth-country\/\">How Obama\u2019s executive action will impact immigrants, by birth country<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2014\/11\/21\/immigrants-in-western-states-most-likely-to-benefit-from-obamas-executive-action\/\">Immigrants in Western states most likely to benefit from Obama\u2019s executive action<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2014\/11\/21\/executive-actions-on-immigration-have-long-history\/\">Executive actions on immigration have long history<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Obama\u2019s executive action on immigration, expanding deportation relief to millions of undocumented immigrants, attracted strong public interest last 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