Young voters from newer immigrant families lean more liberal

FILE - In this June 15, 2012 file photo, young demonstrators participate in a rally in support of President Barack Obama after the president announced that the U.S. government will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives. Young Hispanic and Asian-Americans who are immigrants themselves or have a parent who is are more likely to be liberal in their views on politics and immigration than those with families who have been in United States longer, a new GenForward poll shows. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

By Associated Press September 8, 2016 1 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – A new poll shows that young Hispanic and Asian-Americans who are immigrants or have an immigrant parent are more likely to be liberal in their political and immigration views than those with families who have been in United States longer.

The GenForward poll shows that 87 percent of those age 18 to 30 who are immigrants or who have parents who are immigrants support allowing those who were brought to the United States illegally as children to stay legally. Seventy-two percent of those whose families have been in the U.S. longer agree.

GenForward is a survey of adults age 18 to 30 by the Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago with the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.