Fact Check 28: Most Americans - including Hispanic Americans - support the mass deportation of illegal aliens
We keep being told that only "racists" and "white supremacists" hold such views. This insidious lie only persists because America's most powerful "influencers" ignore the results of these surveys.
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Poll: Majority supports mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, Scripps News, September 18, 2024. Excerpt:
A majority of Americans support the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, according to a new Scripps News/Ipsos survey.
Fifty-four percent of respondents said they “strongly” or "somewhat support” the policy, including 86% of Republicans, 58% of independents, and 25% of Democrats.
The poll, which focuses on the most talked about immigration policies of the 2024 campaign, showcases major partisan divides between voters on how to address one of the biggest topics of the presidential race.
Thirty-nine percent of respondents called immigration a top issue for them this campaign, second only to inflation, which topped the list at 57%. Trump has a ten-point advantage on who respondents think will do a better job handling immigration (44%-34%).
Sharply More Americans Want to Curb Immigration to U.S. - Gallup, July 12, 2024. Excerpts:
Significantly more U.S. adults than a year ago, 55% versus 41%, would like to see immigration to the U.S. decreased.
42% describe the situation at the U.S. border with Mexico as a crisis and 35% a major problem
76% percent are in favor of the U.S. hiring significantly more border patrol agents, and 63% favor allowing the president and the secretary of Homeland Security to temporarily prohibit individuals from seeking asylum when the U.S. Southwest border is overwhelmed.
53% favors expanding the construction of walls along the U.S. border, the first time a majority has been in favor of that policy.
Americans split on a policy to deport all immigrants living in the U.S. illegally back to their home countries.
Majority of Hispanics Now Favor Mass Deportation, Newsweek, June 17, 2024. Excerpt:
A recent poll found that a majority of Hispanic people favor the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.
The CBS News/YouGov poll found that a majority of registered voters overall (62 percent) would favor the government starting "a new national program to deport all undocumented immigrants currently living in the U.S. illegally." Thirty-eight percent said they would oppose it. […]
Notably, the poll found that mass deportation was popular with Hispanics, with 53 percent saying they would favor such a program and 47 percent saying they would oppose it. White people were more supportive of mass deportations, with 67 percent saying they would back the program, and 33 percent saying they would oppose it. Among Black people, it was 47 percent in favor and 53 percent opposed.
Most Voters Support Deporting All Illegal Immigrants, New Poll Shows - National Review, June 11, 2024. Excerpt:
Amid a flood of border crossings under the Biden administration, a majority of voters support a federal program to deport all illegal aliens residing in the United States, a new poll shows.
Nearly six in ten voters, including a third of Democrats and nine in ten Republicans, endorse a hypothetical mass deportation effort, according to a CBS News poll conducted June 5 to June 7.
A similarly sized majority would be in favor of deploying local law enforcement try to apprehend illegal immigrants. About under half of registered voters believe it would be a good idea to erect large government detention centers to process illegal immigrants for potential deportation. […]
An Axios poll from April similarly found that 51 percent of Americans (including 42 percent of Democrats) say they would support mass deportations of illegal aliens. There was also approval of certain Trump-proposed immigration restrictions, such as the elimination of birthright citizenship, which 30 percent of Democrats and 46 percent of Republicans oppose.
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