A telephone survey finds that 70% of likely voters in Arizona approve of legislation restricting immigration, while just 23% oppose it

Eighty-three percent of Arizona voters say a candidate's position on immigration is an important factor in how they will vote, including 51% who say it’s very important. Arizonans consistently have been critical of the U.S. government’s failure to secure the border with Mexico, and that anxiety has increased with growing drug violence along the border. Eighty-four percent of Arizona Republicans and 69% of voters not affiliated with either major party in the state favor the new get-tough legislation. Democrats are more closely divided: 51% like the new law, but 43% oppose it.