Obama's approval rating slumps following immigration action
President Obama's approval rating is back below 40 percent, according to a Quinnipiac poll released Tuesday. At 39 percent, it's the president's lowest score since last December.
At the same time, support for allowing undocumented immigrants to remain in the country and pursue citizenship has plummeted from a high of 57 percent last year down to 48 percent today.
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Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.