{"id":8080,"date":"2016-01-29T16:00:49","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T23:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=8080"},"modified":"2020-06-02T10:02:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T17:02:13","slug":"polling-on-immigration-and-drivers-licenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/polling-on-immigration-and-drivers-licenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Polling On Immigration And Driver&#8217;s Licenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January 29, 2016 &#8211;\u00a0Lawmakers in Santa Fe are once again debating the future of New Mexico&#8217;s driver&#8217;s licenses. The current policy allows individuals to obtain a license regardless of immigration status. Governor Susana Martinez said in her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.governor.state.nm.us\/uploads\/PressRelease\/191a415014634aa89604e0b4790e4768\/Governor_Susana_Martinez_Delivers_State_of_the_State_Address_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State of the State address<\/a> this month that &#8220;our license is not secure, and New Mexicans have repeatedly demanded a change to this law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But immigration rights advocates argue that most New Mexicans are actually not in favor of reversing the driver&#8217;s license law.<\/p>\n<p>What can scientific\u00a0polls about driver&#8217;s licenses and immigration policy tell us about public opinion? Gabe Sanchez from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latinodecisions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Latino Decisions<\/a> joins us this week to talk about his most recent poll on issues in New Mexico\u00a0and how public opinion is measured by researchers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ydYAIPT1iCU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Read the full report:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latinodecisions.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/22\/new-findings-in-ld-state-of-new-mexico-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latinodecisions.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/22\/new-findings-in-ld-state-of-new-mexico-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Findings in LD State of New Mexico Poll<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 29, 2016 &#8211;\u00a0Lawmakers in Santa Fe are once again debating the future of New Mexico&#8217;s driver&#8217;s licenses. 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