A new Harvard-Harris poll finds that former President Donald Trump’s major campaign promise to launch the largest deportation operation in American history is supported by a majority of voters.
President Trump promises to ‘launch the largest deportation operation in American history’ victory 62% support it. Of these, 39% “strongly” support it, 23% “somewhat” support it, 17% “somewhat” oppose it, and 20% “strongly” oppose it.
The poll also shows that a majority of Americans support Trump’s centrist pledge to “close the border and stop migrants from entering the country”: 73% support this (including 49% who “strongly support” it), while only 13% “strongly oppose” it.
Additionally, the poll found that 83 percent support the centrist pledge to “stop outsourcing and make America a manufacturing powerhouse,” a pledge that is “strongly supported” by 50 percent and “strongly opposed” by 6 percent. This policy pledge has implications on immigration, as Fortune 500 companies use federal visa worker programs (such as the H-1B and J-1 programs) to outsource U.S. jobs to imported workers from India and China.
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The poll also shows that the two main issues are “rising prices/inflation” and “immigration.” Both issues are intertwined, as many bankers and experts say President Joe Biden’s immigration is driving up home prices and reducing the purchasing power of American wages.
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The survey was conducted online among 2,196 registered voters in the United States by The Harris Poll, HarrisX, and the Harvard Center for the Study of American Politics from July 26-28, 2024. The margin of error is plus or minus 2.1 percentage points.
The poll is a blow to businesses and progressive groups that want to keep a large and growing population of illegal immigrants in the country. “I honestly don’t think that’s going to happen,” said Ammon Blair, a former Border Patrol officer with the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Said “First, because I think this is political suicide. Second, because I think we need to focus on national security issues.”
“Biden’s failure[Kamala] “Harris’ open borders policy has made mass deportations a mainstream consensus, but that’s not surprising,” said Robert Law, director of the Center for Homeland Security and Immigration.
Law said the trauma caused by deportations is “Biden and Harris’s fault,” adding, “Biden and Harris have encouraged illegal immigrants to traffic or smuggle themselves into the United States. This is the cruelest immigration policy someone can put in place. Deportation or deportation is not a punishment. It’s the end of the immigration life cycle for those who break the law.”
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The Harvard-Harris results are consistent with past polls, including the CBS Poll, which found 62 percent of moderates in favor of a policy that would “deport all illegal immigrants.” CBS report June 9:
Nearly one-sixth of voters say they support, in principle, the government’s new program of universal deportation. Illegal immigration Being in the U.S. illegally. (This isn’t entirely partisan; it includes a third of Democrats and nine in 10 Republicans.)
Gallup reported on July 12 that 55% of Americans want to reduce immigration, despite elite claims that the U.S. is a “nation of immigrants.” The poll was conducted June 3-23, 2024. show Fifty-five percent of Americans want to reduce immigration, while only 16 percent want to increase it.
A significantly larger number of American adults than a year ago (55% vs. 41%) want to see less immigration to the United States.
This is the first time since 2005 that a majority of Americans want to see less immigration.
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