Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama's policy of halting deportations for the undocumented parents of children born in the U.S. is popular -- but his method for implementing it is not. Only 26% of Americans think Obama's plan for those immigrants goes too far, while 50% called it about right and 22% said it doesn't go far enough, according to a CNN/ORC poll out Wednesday of 1,045 adults, conducted Nov. 21-23 and with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. However, when asked for their stance on Obama using an executive order to make those changes, just 41% said they favor the move, while 56% said they oppose it.
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A CNN/ORC poll shows just 26% of Americans think Obama's immigration action goes too far
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But, the poll shows, only 41% of those surveyed support implementing the policy through executive order
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The poll finds that Republicans could risk overreaching by challenging Obama's action in court
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