Hispanics Faithfully Support Obama Despite a Record Number of Deportations and a Falling Job Approval Rating

Although it is during Obama's term that illegal immigrants have been deported in record numbers, Hispanics back the President, still.

According to the latest report from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, 67 percent of Hispanics qualified to vote support Obama, against 27 percent who root for Mitt Romney.

Although Hispanics are still a minority in the U.S., these statistics may well determine who the next U.S. president becomes.

Hispanics are the fastest growing minority group in the U.S. and according to the Associated Press, their vote in swing states such as Colorado, Nevada, Florida, and Republican-strong Arizona may help Obama get elected for a second term.

Hispanics throughout the years have favored Democratic candidates considering that the liberal party's approach to immigration in the U.S. have better suited them.

Romney on the other hand, may have lost the majority of the Latino support due to his apparent approval of strict immigration policies such as the ones found in Arizona.

In a Republican primary debate, Romney said, "the right course for America is to drop these lawsuits against Arizona. I'll also complete the fence and make sure we have enough border patrol agents to secure it," according to AP.

Not only that, Romney also is against the DREAM act that provides conditional permanent residency to illegal aliens who attend university or serve in the military.

Hispanic voters seem to be backing Obama faithfully despite a lower job approval rating among this ethnicity.

Hispanics' rating on Obama's job on running the country stood at 55 percent in March; an impressive 9 points above the national average but 10 to 20 percent less than what he used to score.

Still, the 67 percent of Hispanics supporting Obama now may probably be the same 67 percent of Hispanics that supported him back in 2008.