New polls released by two activist groups — Florida Majority and Project New America — show relatively strong support for comprehensive immigration reform in Florida, including four specific Central Florida congressional districts currently controlled by Republicans Gus Bilirakis, Dennis Ross, Daniel Webster and Tom Rooney.
"Immigration reform is important to Florida voters, no matter who they are," said David Winkler, VP and director of research for Project New America, which worked with the national polling firm Public Policy Polling to interview more than 2,600 Floridians, including 500 in each of the four aforementioned congressional districts.
The state-wide poll showed that 83 percent of Floridians said it's important to pass immigration reform this year, with 77 percent saying it's important that a pathway to citizenship be included in the final bill.
This article appears in May 9-15, 2013.