OAN’s James Meyers
10:47 AM – Thursday, April 25, 2024
SEE: https://www.oann.com/newsroom/poll-over-half-of-americans-support-large-deportations-of-illegal-migrants/; republished below in full, unedited, for informational, educational, & research purposes:
A newly released poll has revealed that over half of Americans, which includes 42% of Democrats, support mass deportations of illegal migrants.
.According to an Axios Vibes survey by the Harris Poll, fifty-one percent of participants said they would support booting undocumented immigrants, as they have taken up taxpayer-funded resources that could be going towards the homeless and veterans of the U.S. instead.
The data also revealed 30% of Democrats and 46% of Republicans claimed they support ending birthright citizenship, which is guaranteed under the Constitution’s 14th Amendment.
21% of pollsters stated that their biggest fear surrounding illegal immigrants was “crime rates, drugs and violence.”
Additionally, 32% of respondents said that the Biden administration was “most responsible” for the current crisis at U.S.-Mexico border.
“I was surprised at the public support for large-scale deportations,” said Mark Penn, chairman of the Harris Poll.
“I think they’re just sending a message to politicians: ‘Get this under control,’” he said, noting that it was a warning to Biden that “efforts to shift responsibility for the issue to [former President Donald] Trump are not going to work.”
Meanwhile, over 7 million illegals have been encountered by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) along the southern border since Biden took over the White House, according to the CBP. The data also showed 961,537 have been encountered this current fiscal year.
Biden has responded to the criticism by shifting blame towards former president Trump, even though Biden’s open border policies and halting of Title 42 led to the crisis.
In the meantime, Trump has made it clear that if re-elected, he will crack down on the problem at the border so that no more U.S. citizens will have to endure violence or murder, like former Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, or drug trafficking at the hands of illegal foreigners who bring fentanyl from Mexico and China.
The Harris Poll was taken in March and April, surveying 6,251 U.S. adults within plus or minus 1.5 percentage points using a 95% confidence level.
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