Voters torn over which candidate would be better on immigration

A new CNN/ORC poll out Wednesday revealed that voters aren't sure whether Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton would best handle immigration issues. Voters were nearly evenly split on which presidential candidate would do the better job, with 49 percent putting their trust in Clinton and 47 percent in Trump.
The divide was driven largely by a differing sense of what the top immigration priority is: For those who trust Clinton, it is figuring out how to ensure undocumented immigrants in the country can stay. For Trump backers, it is preventing immigrants from entering the country illegally.
Voters weren't as sold on Trump's immigration proposals thus far. Nearly 60 percent are against his U.S.-Mexico border wall proposal. About 66 percent oppose mass deportation, which Trump mentioned again last week in a speech in Arizona about immigration.
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The poll, which surveyed 1,001 adults nationally, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
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