The Pew Poll doesn’t leave in doubt that most Americans want an immigration policy 180 degrees from the Trump admin efforts….
The support includes REPUBLICANS….
Donald Trump main activity since he got his present job has been to deny immigrants illegal and legal a day of rest being in America….
The headlines he’s generated , if this poll is correct, are hurting him politically with his base…..
A large majority of Americans says that there should be a way for undocumented immigrants to remain in the U.S. legally as long as they meet certain requirements, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center.
The poll, which was released on Monday, found that 72 percent of Americans support granting legal status to immigrants who crossed into the U.S. illegally if they meet certain criteria. The figure represents a slight decline from a Pew survey conducted in March 2017, in which 77 percent of Americans said they were supportive of the idea.
Just 27 percent of overall respondents expressed opposition to finding a way for undocumented immigrants to have a path to legal status.
Pew noted the dip in support largely stems from changing views among Republicans.
Fifty-four percent of respondents who identified as Republican and Republican-leaning independents said they were supportive of granting legal status to undocumented immigrants while 45 percent were against the idea.
Just 38 percent of Republican and Republican-leaning independents were against a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants in a 2017 Pew survey….
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The Pew survey was conducted from July 22 to Aug. 4 among a national population of 4,175 people. The poll has a margin of error of 1.9 percentage points…
Uh, the article doesn’t elaborate on what is meant by”certain criteria.”
Presumably, that “criteria” was given to the respondents.
Until I see that?These numbers are meaninglessness.
The sample pool is VERY large…..
The media focus HAS been on the family part of dentition ….
Remember….
Everybody’s family came from some place else….
We’ve heard over and OVER people may vote for Trump….
BUT?
They often do NOT like his policies….
The size has nothing to do with my point.
Once again until we know the question that was asked ,with the criteria specified, this means little.
We’ll see if the poll results pop up in the media….
Ah, just saw this Jack….
Gallup joins Pew’s polling numbers….
Donald Trump appears to be doing himself more political damage by continuing his hard line anti-immigrant policy…
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Gallup…
Support for allowing Central American refugees entry is now higher than Gallup has found for most refugee cases it has polled on historically, including Syrian refugees in 2015 as well as stretching back to refugees from the German Holocaust in the 1930s and 40s. The only refugees that garnered higher support in Gallup trends were ethnic Albanian refugees from Kosovo during a period of ethnic cleansing there in 1999. At that time, 66% approved of the decision already made to bring “several hundred ethnic Albanian refugees from Kosovo” to the U.S.
Higher Support for Refugee Entry Due to Increase Among GOP, Independents
Among the three main U.S. partisan groups, Democrats remain most supportive of allowing the refugees entry, with the current 85% approving similar to the 82% recorded in December.
The largest increase in support has been among Republicans, from 14% in December to 24% now. Approval among independents increased slightly from 52% in December to 58% today…
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If support for Central American refugee entry continues to increase, this could jeopardize President Donald Trump’s immigration-related initiatives. The administration’s initiatives have already endured setbacks ranging from high-profile criticisms, the resignation of the secretary of Homeland Security, condemnation from the UN and repeated court challenges to his various immigration policies. Most recently, the administration reversed a long-held U.S. asylum policy — which would have barred nearly all the migrants currently at the border from seeking asylum status — but this was blocked by a federal judge soon after Gallup’s polling period. The final word on the asylum policy may be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Across party lines, significant majorities agree that the situation at the border is a “crisis” or “major problem,”….
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