The number of Hispanic Americans who support building a border wall and deporting illegal immigrants has increased by at least 10%, according to a new poll, while a majority want to close the besieged southern border. He says he supports the president.
Four in 10 Hispanic Americans (42%) want a wall built along the U.S.-Mexico border. This was revealed in an Axios/Ipsos poll released this week. — Up 12 percentage points from December 2021. Thirty-eight percent also support sending immigrants back to their home countries, an increase of 10 percentage points from three years ago.
Additionally, a whopping 64% of Hispanic Americans surveyed said they support giving the president the power to close the border if too many immigrants start entering the country.
The poll surveyed more than 1,000 Hispanic Americans of voting age from March 22nd to March 28th.
The survey also found that immigration is now the third-biggest concern among Latino voters.
Still, more than half of respondents said they were concerned that if the federal government began mass deportations, all Latinos living in the U.S., including legal residents, would be targeted. .
The fear was greatest among first-generation Americans and those who only spoke Spanish.
As such, a majority still wants the United States to offer immigrants a path to citizenship, and nearly 60% support allowing refugees fleeing crime and violence in Latin America to apply for asylum in the United States. I answered.
More than 7 million immigrants have illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border since President Biden took office in 2021, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.
This total does not include the estimated 1.8 million known “fugitives” who have evaded law enforcement.
As authorities prepare for an expected spring surge, the southern border, which was under siege in February, set a new record with 189,922 migrant encounters in that month alone, according to CPB data.
An unsustainable border rush has made immigration a lightning rod issue heading into the 2024 presidential election.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump slammed President Biden on illegal immigration during a campaign stop in Michigan earlier this month, accusing him of causing “bloodshed” across the country.
A bipartisan group of New York county leaders then called on the commander-in-chief on Tuesday to immediately address the “war zone” on the southern border.
Meanwhile, Biden has indicated he would sign an executive order denying migrants trying to enter the country through the southern border.
However, in an interview with Univision on Tuesday, he said he’s not sure if he actually has that power.
