Poll Shows Increased Concern With Immigration
According to the latest Gallup poll,
“Americans’ satisfaction with the level of immigration into the U.S. has fallen six percentage points over the past year, from 34% in January 2022 to 28% today. This is the lowest reading in a decade, though not the least satisfied Americans have been on this issue over the past 23 years.
U.S. public satisfaction with immigration was scarcest in 2007 and 2008, at 23% and 24%, respectively, whereas it reached 40%-41% at its highest, in 2017 and 2018.”
The poll is getting play on the media (here, here, here). Expect to hear from Republicans in Congress about the latest poll.
According to Gallup, the “bottom line” of the latest poll is as follows:
“Amid news of the migrant surge along the border with Mexico and the humanitarian and political problems arising from it, Americans across the political spectrum have grown less content with the level of U.S. immigration in recent years. Still, the issue remains highly partisan, with the vast majority of Republicans concerned that there is too much immigration, compared with a modest proportion of independents and a relatively small proportion of Democrats.
Separate from the party trends, immigration has also piqued older Americans’ concern, with more wanting it curbed, while young adults’ views are steady, with few espousing that.”
Americans’ dissatisfaction with the handling of the border is at the lowest mark in over a decade.
#BidenBorderCrisis
https://t.co/YgCbNQxV9j— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) February 13, 2023
KJ