Polls show voters' expectations for a pro-American immigration policy are rising, even as President-elect Donald Trump suddenly zigs and zags on white-collar immigration.
“Forty-seven percent of respondents cited public name transition as a priority for the government, up from 35% who said the same as of December 2023,” the Associated Press reported. reported January 7th.
The report adds:
Immigration is gaining more and more attention across the board, among Democrats and Republicans, men and women, young and old alike…About 7 in 10 Republicans support either immigration or the U.S.-Mexico border wall. should be a top priority. up from 45% just two years ago.
Interest in immigration jumped from 20% in December 2022 to 41% in December 2024 among independents, according to the Associated Press. reported.
Among Democrats, demand for amendments rose from 16% in December 2022 to 30% in December 2024.
Similarly, Gallup reported January 2nd:
Expectations are highest that Trump will regulate illegal immigration, with 68% of U.S. adults expecting him to do so. A minority believes that the president will reduce unemployment, protect the country from terrorism, improve the economy, keep the country out of war, reduce taxes for the people, and reduce crime rates.
Gallup added that only 28% of respondents said President Trump cannot control illegal immigration, and that “the belief that Trump will control illegal immigration has increased by 9 percentage points since 2016.”
January 5th to 8th Survey by YouGov Thirty-four percent of respondents believe that legal immigration “makes things worse” for the country, and 41% of respondents support reducing or eliminating legal immigration. Only 17% support additional legal immigration.
According to YouGov, 61% of Trump voters and 38% of independents support reducing or eliminating legal immigration.
According to YouGov, only 17% of Americans support increasing the flow of H-IB immigrants into white-collar jobs. However, YouGov distorted the question by describing H-1Bs with medium skills as having “special skills”, as if American graduates do not have such skills. Ta.
24% of Joe Biden voters (including many female graduates) support increasing white-collar immigration.
Rising expectations for pro-American reforms also put pressure on President Trump to implement pro-American reforms. The Associated Press reported that “Mr. Trump will return to the White House with his support base and much of the country interested in his signature issues.”
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Since Christmas, he has zigzagged between expected support for U.S. college graduates and demands from companies to send out more foreign graduates through the H-1B visa giveaway program. For example, in late December, President Trump announced his support for Elon Musk's call for a continued large influx of foreign immigrants to fill white-collar jobs needed by young graduates and experienced professionals in the United States. Showed.
“I've always felt that our country needs the most talented people,” Trump said. “We need talented people…We need a lot of people coming in.”
But increased foreign immigration means more American graduates will be deprived of good jobs, economic prosperity, and leadership positions in the nation's key technical fields.
Democrats also acknowledged feeling poll pressure. pro-immigration writer in washington post: “Democrats suddenly have their own reasons to support religion on border security, and there is little push to make the package truly 'comprehensive' in a way that could jeopardize Republican support,” he said. Written on January 8th.
In a post-election poll, 57% of voters said they trusted President Trump and the Republican Party to deal with immigration, compared with 29% of Democrats. Left-wing Progressive Policy Institute reported In December.
The group reported on voting data as follows:
it was very powerful [voters’s] I was passionate about change and felt that sticking to the status quo was a greater risk. When asked how they felt about the final outcome, they were worried that “it would happen again,'' but the most common word they chose was “relieved.'' A man who voted for President Trump said: “Everyone was waiting for change,” said a woman who voted for Trump in Pennsylvania. “I was relieved because we had immigration and transgender issues. We were going down a strange path.”
The changes people wanted were amalgamated around two major campaign issues: inflation and immigration. These were the areas that mattered most to “hero voters” and where Trump had the biggest lead.
The Associated Press reported that “immigration is a top priority heading into 2025.” January voting report.
Breitbart News has closely tracked growing public demand for pro-American, rather than pro-business, reforms to the federal government's wealth-transferring, wage-reducing “extractive immigration” program.
For example, a December poll showed 60 percent opposed the H-1B white-collar immigration program. The poll asked, “Should Congress increase the number of foreign workers to fill higher-skilled jobs in the United States, or should the United States have enough talent to train and hire most of those jobs?” “Do we already have the talent?” he asked.
