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(CNSNews.com) - Sixty-one percent of Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama’s handling of immigration, according to a survey conducted by Gallup.

From Aug. 4-9, Gallup asked a random sample of 1,011 U.S. residents 18 and older this question: “Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling immigration?”

Sixty-one said they disapprove, and only 36 percent said they approve.

The trend in the Gallup survey on this question shows that Obama has failed to move people in his direction on the immigration issue in the wake of his efforts to unilaterally grant legal status to aliens illegally in the United States.

In a Gallup surveys conducted Aug. 9-12, 2012 and Aug. 7-11, 2013, 55 percent said they disapproved of the way Obama was handling immigration and 39 percent said they approved. But the percentage who disapproved of Obama’s handling of immigration jumped to 65 percent in a June 2014 Gallup survey, was 62 percent in an August 2014 survey, and was 61 percent in the latest survey.