Only 10% of Americans oppose President Donald Trump's promise to deport undocumented immigrants with criminal records, according to an Ipsos poll. new york times.
In contrast, there is broad consensus for a national enforcement campaign, with 87% strongly or “somewhat” supporting deportation.
And just 19 percent of Americans (less than 1 in 5) strongly oppose “deporting all immigrants who are here legally.” Ipsos poll was also shown. 56% strongly or somewhat support deportation.
The post-election erosion of tolerance toward illegal immigrants was highlighted Saturday when the newspaper published an early January poll of 2,128 citizens and residents that confirmed recent polling trends.
This broad shift in political opinion, called the “preference cascade” by scholars, comes as Trump's campaign and November victory showed Americans that many other Americans oppose immigration. It is likely that this was caused when
The new numbers will help Mr. Trump and his lawmakers begin to carefully, discreetly and gradually phase out the millions of immigrants who lower wages and raise rents from American society.
A patient public enforcement campaign would also help shift political attention to the larger impact that legal immigration has on Americans.
Already, the growing demand for undocumented immigrants was in the spotlight over Christmas, when Twitter sparked a heated debate over white-collar immigration through the H-1B visa program. The drama was ignored in opinion polls, but is expected to rise as the 2026 election approaches.
But pro-immigration groups say Trump's enforcement efforts will be chaotic and hasty because any tactical mistakes will help media allies portray deportations as cruel and counterproductive. I want it.
Newspaper poll reports have downplayed this drama. I'm saying:
Many Americans who dislike President-elect Donald J. Trump share his bleak assessment of this country's problems and support some of his most controversial prescriptions for solving them. When I was there, New poll from New York Times and Ipsos.
New poll shows many Republican voters are steering Democrats away from politically disastrous support for quasi-open border policies introduced by President Joe Biden's pro-immigration, Cuban-born border director Alejandro Mayorkas. Contains evidence of.
For example, only 16% of Democrats oppose deporting criminal immigrants, and only 34% of Democrats currently “strongly” oppose it.all immigrants [emphasis added] People who are here illegally. ”
Overall, 55% want all immigrants deported and 87% want criminal immigrants deported.
These numbers, the proximity of the 20256 midterm elections, go a long way toward explaining why a significant percentage of Senate Democrats are expected to support the Laken Riley bill, which would allow the detention of criminal immigrants, on Monday. Helpful.
Similarly, 56% said Mayorkas' move led to an increase in crime. Only 38% of Americans (including 63% of Democrats) say immigrants have no significant impact on crime.
of In a public opinion poll it was said that Forty-one percent of Americans, including 68 percent of Republican voters, say that “today's immigrants are a burden to our country, taking our jobs, housing, and health care.” However, the “forced choice” question did not provide an alternative answer, meaning that 56% of respondents said that immigrants “make our country stronger because of their hard work and talent.” answered.
There is mounting evidence that legal and illegal immigration makes ordinary Americans poorer and less productive.
Elsewhere in the poll, Ipsos asked whether there were too many or too few legal immigrants.
30% said it was too much, and just 24% said it was too little. But 43% chose the middle option, or “the right number,” perhaps because respondents believed that starting in 2021, Biden's lawmakers would import roughly one immigrant for every American birth. This seems to be because they don't know it's there.
Other recent polls show low support for immigration. January 5th to 8th Survey by YouGov Thirty-four percent believe legal immigration “makes life worse” in the country, and 41% support reducing or eliminating legal immigration. Only 17% support additional legal immigration.
Similarly, YouGov poll for January 8th It showed that 27 percent of Americans want to reduce or eliminate the white-collar H-1B immigration program, while only 17 percent want to expand it. Forty percent of Republicans want to reduce or eliminate the program, while just 12% want to expand it.
