Poll: Americans skeptical immigration reform will pass

{mosads}”Those numbers are virtually identical to the results in Quinnipiac University’s May 2 survey, but both represent a drop from April, before the Boston bombing, when 59 percent backed a path to citizenship,” said the firm in a news release.

The poll does find that Democrats are marginally more likely to believe a deal will be struck, with a third optimistic Congress will reach a compromise. Similarly, 35 percent of Hispanic voters believe lawmakers will find a solution.

The full Senate is set to begin consideration of the bipartisan Gang of Eight bill next month, although Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), a top proponent of the bill, warned in a television interview last week the bill didn’t yet have enough votes to pass. The legislation will face a tougher path in the Republican-controlled House. Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has indicated the Gang of Eight legislation does not have the votes to pass in the lower chamber.