06/18/10
From CNS News
Mexico’s View of U.S. Worsens After Passage
of Arizona
Immigration Law, Says Global Attitudes Survey
By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer (CNSNews.com) – While other nations’ opinions of the U.S. “improved markedly” in 2009 in response to Barack Obama’s presidency, America’s favorability rating has tumbled in Mexico, apparently because of Arizona’s new immigration law, a new survey concludes. The Pew Research Center’s annual Global Attitudes Project gauges how the United States and President Obama are perceived both at home and abroad. The 172-page report was unveiled at the National Press Club on Thursday. This year’s report includes a follow-up survey of Mexicans, conducted after Arizona passed a law allowing police to check a person’s immigration status if that person is stopped for some other valid reason. The Arizona law mirrors federal law, but nevertheless it has drawn sharp criticism from illegal immigrants and those who support amnesty or a “pathway to citizenship.” Pew’s follow-up survey -- 800 Mexicans were questioned before the Arizona law was passed and 500 after it passed -- found that “only 44% of Mexicans gave the U.S. a favorable rating after the signing of the [Arizona] bill, compared with 62% who did so before the bill passed.”
Gosh, that's too bad. But maybe if they don't like us, they'll stay in Mexico.
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