Univision Forgets Its Own Poll In Order To Pump Immigration Post-SOTU

The need for comprehensive immigration reform to ensure their long term survival is so embedded into the psyche of the national Hispanic news networks, that one Univision anchor opened a report on President Biden’s SOTU address and “the subject that worries Latinos most – immigration” – despite the findings of an exclusive UNIVISION survey of Latino voters that places immigration at the bottom of the list of their concerns.

Not that it was old news: the exclusive Univision poll (done in conjunction with NORC at the University of Chicago) was discussed by the same news team – Carolina Sarassa and Borja Voces, The day before! Watch:

Noticiero Univisión: Edición Digital
03/02/2022

CAROLINA SARASSA – Concerning immigration reform, President Joe Biden declared that it was the “most pressing matter, especially for Hispanics.”

BORJA VOCES: A new Univision exclusive survey of registered Hispanic voters.

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There are also other findings from the poll that you can report. It shows that Hispanics are most concerned about the following: the economy and jobs 49%; the pandemic 47% and healthcare costs 36%. They ranked immigration 8th among their main concerns.   

Although it is understandable for Latino networks to prioritize issues of concern to their viewers, making up information to give an issue more attention than it merits is not a service to the viewers who watched the anchors’ reports on the survey. It is also a joy to cheer Biden’s remarks regarding immigration. Let’s get it done once for all. made less sense considering the current administration´s handling of the issue.

In all, Biden spent 185 words on immigration, rendering it little more than lip service in an hourlong speech. As the Univision poll showed, it’s just as important for Biden as it is for Latinos with more pressing issues. employment and economy 49%, the pandemic, 47%, health care costs at 36%, and immigration 17%. 

It would be nice if the networks could get it.

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