Federal policy that would be most effective at addressing the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border (April 2024)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Expanding the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border | 19% |
| Creating more opportunities for people to legally immigrate to the U.S. | 16% |
| Increasing deportations of people who are already in the country illegally | 13% |
| Increasing resources provided to U.S. border patrol | 13% |
| Making it harder for asylum seekers to be granted temporary legal status in the U.S. | 11% |
| Increasing the number of judges and staff who process asylum applications | 10% |
| Penalizing businesses that hire people who aren't legally allowed to work in the U.S. | 7% |
| Increasing resources to provide safe and sanitary conditions for migrants arriving in the U.S. | 6% |
| Increasing U.S. aid to countries that migrants are leaving | 5% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expanding the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border | 6% | 11% | 34% |
| Creating more opportunities for people to legally immigrate to the U.S. | 24% | 17% | 8% |
| Increasing deportations of people who are already in the country illegally | 8% | 11% | 18% |
| Increasing resources provided to U.S. border patrol | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| Making it harder for asylum seekers to be granted temporary legal status in the U.S. | 7% | 16% | 13% |
| Increasing the number of judges and staff who process asylum applications | 16% | 7% | 5% |
| Penalizing businesses that hire people who aren't legally allowed to work in the U.S. | 8% | 12% | 5% |
| Increasing resources to provide safe and sanitary conditions for migrants arriving in the U.S. | 10% | 7% | 2% |
| Increasing U.S. aid to countries that migrants are leaving | 9% | 5% | 1% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expanding the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border | 4% | 7% | 7% |
| Creating more opportunities for people to legally immigrate to the U.S. | 30% | 19% | 25% |
| Increasing deportations of people who are already in the country illegally | 5% | 13% | 6% |
| Increasing resources provided to U.S. border patrol | 7% | 16% | 12% |
| Making it harder for asylum seekers to be granted temporary legal status in the U.S. | 8% | 6% | 7% |
| Increasing the number of judges and staff who process asylum applications | 19% | 14% | 16% |
| Penalizing businesses that hire people who aren't legally allowed to work in the U.S. | 11% | 9% | 6% |
| Increasing resources to provide safe and sanitary conditions for migrants arriving in the U.S. | 4% | 11% | 11% |
| Increasing U.S. aid to countries that migrants are leaving | 12% | 5% | 10% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expanding the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border | 33% | 23% | 40% |
| Creating more opportunities for people to legally immigrate to the U.S. | 2% | 15% | 6% |
| Increasing deportations of people who are already in the country illegally | 23% | 14% | 18% |
| Increasing resources provided to U.S. border patrol | 17% | 15% | 12% |
| Making it harder for asylum seekers to be granted temporary legal status in the U.S. | 12% | 15% | 13% |
| Increasing the number of judges and staff who process asylum applications | 4% | 12% | 2% |
| Penalizing businesses that hire people who aren't legally allowed to work in the U.S. | 8% | 2% | 5% |
| Increasing resources to provide safe and sanitary conditions for migrants arriving in the U.S. | 1% | 4% | 2% |
| Increasing U.S. aid to countries that migrants are leaving | 1% | 1% | 1% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expanding the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border | 5% | 11% | 33% |
| Creating more opportunities for people to legally immigrate to the U.S. | 30% | 18% | 6% |
| Increasing deportations of people who are already in the country illegally | 5% | 11% | 19% |
| Increasing resources provided to U.S. border patrol | 8% | 18% | 13% |
| Making it harder for asylum seekers to be granted temporary legal status in the U.S. | 7% | 11% | 14% |
| Increasing the number of judges and staff who process asylum applications | 17% | 9% | 6% |
| Penalizing businesses that hire people who aren't legally allowed to work in the U.S. | 7% | 9% | 6% |
| Increasing resources to provide safe and sanitary conditions for migrants arriving in the U.S. | 10% | 7% | 2% |
| Increasing U.S. aid to countries that migrants are leaving | 10% | 5% | 1% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expanding the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border | 5% | 4% | 7% |
| Creating more opportunities for people to legally immigrate to the U.S. | 31% | 27% | 32% |
| Increasing deportations of people who are already in the country illegally | 7% | 5% | 5% |
| Increasing resources provided to U.S. border patrol | 12% | 7% | 5% |
| Making it harder for asylum seekers to be granted temporary legal status in the U.S. | 6% | 8% | 7% |
| Increasing the number of judges and staff who process asylum applications | 18% | 23% | 9% |
| Penalizing businesses that hire people who aren't legally allowed to work in the U.S. | 9% | 8% | 5% |
| Increasing resources to provide safe and sanitary conditions for migrants arriving in the U.S. | 8% | 10% | 12% |
| Increasing U.S. aid to countries that migrants are leaving | 4% | 8% | 17% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expanding the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border | 22% | 33% | 40% |
| Creating more opportunities for people to legally immigrate to the U.S. | 7% | 9% | 1% |
| Increasing deportations of people who are already in the country illegally | 23% | 16% | 20% |
| Increasing resources provided to U.S. border patrol | 13% | 13% | 12% |
| Making it harder for asylum seekers to be granted temporary legal status in the U.S. | 8% | 17% | 14% |
| Increasing the number of judges and staff who process asylum applications | 9% | 6% | 4% |
| Penalizing businesses that hire people who aren't legally allowed to work in the U.S. | 11% | 4% | 5% |
| Increasing resources to provide safe and sanitary conditions for migrants arriving in the U.S. | 6% | 1% | 1% |
| Increasing U.S. aid to countries that migrants are leaving | 1% | 1% | 2% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expanding the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border | 24% | 7% | 17% |
| Creating more opportunities for people to legally immigrate to the U.S. | 14% | 21% | 16% |
| Increasing deportations of people who are already in the country illegally | 16% | 7% | 10% |
| Increasing resources provided to U.S. border patrol | 12% | 12% | 14% |
| Making it harder for asylum seekers to be granted temporary legal status in the U.S. | 12% | 10% | 10% |
| Increasing the number of judges and staff who process asylum applications | 8% | 12% | 13% |
| Penalizing businesses that hire people who aren't legally allowed to work in the U.S. | 5% | 9% | 9% |
| Increasing resources to provide safe and sanitary conditions for migrants arriving in the U.S. | 5% | 12% | 6% |
| Increasing U.S. aid to countries that migrants are leaving | 3% | 11% | 5% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Expanding the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border | 19% | 20% |
| Creating more opportunities for people to legally immigrate to the U.S. | 14% | 18% |
| Increasing deportations of people who are already in the country illegally | 14% | 12% |
| Increasing resources provided to U.S. border patrol | 13% | 13% |
| Making it harder for asylum seekers to be granted temporary legal status in the U.S. | 9% | 13% |
| Increasing the number of judges and staff who process asylum applications | 11% | 9% |
| Penalizing businesses that hire people who aren't legally allowed to work in the U.S. | 10% | 5% |
| Increasing resources to provide safe and sanitary conditions for migrants arriving in the U.S. | 5% | 7% |
| Increasing U.S. aid to countries that migrants are leaving | 6% | 4% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expanding the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border | 17% | 18% | 26% |
| Creating more opportunities for people to legally immigrate to the U.S. | 16% | 17% | 11% |
| Increasing deportations of people who are already in the country illegally | 12% | 12% | 18% |
| Increasing resources provided to U.S. border patrol | 15% | 11% | 13% |
| Making it harder for asylum seekers to be granted temporary legal status in the U.S. | 11% | 10% | 14% |
| Increasing the number of judges and staff who process asylum applications | 10% | 11% | 8% |
| Penalizing businesses that hire people who aren't legally allowed to work in the U.S. | 6% | 9% | 5% |
| Increasing resources to provide safe and sanitary conditions for migrants arriving in the U.S. | 8% | 6% | 2% |
| Increasing U.S. aid to countries that migrants are leaving | 4% | 6% | 3% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expanding the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border | 15% | 16% | 19% | 26% |
| Creating more opportunities for people to legally immigrate to the U.S. | 21% | 20% | 15% | 10% |
| Increasing deportations of people who are already in the country illegally | 8% | 11% | 13% | 18% |
| Increasing resources provided to U.S. border patrol | 14% | 13% | 13% | 11% |
| Making it harder for asylum seekers to be granted temporary legal status in the U.S. | 6% | 9% | 13% | 13% |
| Increasing the number of judges and staff who process asylum applications | 13% | 10% | 9% | 10% |
| Penalizing businesses that hire people who aren't legally allowed to work in the U.S. | 8% | 5% | 9% | 5% |
| Increasing resources to provide safe and sanitary conditions for migrants arriving in the U.S. | 12% | 8% | 3% | 4% |
| Increasing U.S. aid to countries that migrants are leaving | 4% | 6% | 5% | 3% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expanding the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border | 20% | 21% | 21% | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| Creating more opportunities for people to legally immigrate to the U.S. | 5% | 15% | 15% | 14% | 19% | 17% |
| Increasing deportations of people who are already in the country illegally | 8% | 14% | 16% | 13% | 10% | 14% |
| Increasing resources provided to U.S. border patrol | 25% | 12% | 10% | 15% | 14% | 11% |
| Making it harder for asylum seekers to be granted temporary legal status in the U.S. | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 11% | 13% |
| Increasing the number of judges and staff who process asylum applications | 6% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 9% |
| Penalizing businesses that hire people who aren't legally allowed to work in the U.S. | 19% | 8% | 8% | 4% | 6% | 8% |
| Increasing resources to provide safe and sanitary conditions for migrants arriving in the U.S. | 3% | 5% | 4% | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Increasing U.S. aid to countries that migrants are leaving | 10% | 4% | 4% | 8% | 4% | 5% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expanding the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border | 24% | 19% | 17% | 10% |
| Creating more opportunities for people to legally immigrate to the U.S. | 13% | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| Increasing deportations of people who are already in the country illegally | 14% | 14% | 8% | 14% |
| Increasing resources provided to U.S. border patrol | 14% | 13% | 16% | 7% |
| Making it harder for asylum seekers to be granted temporary legal status in the U.S. | 13% | 10% | 12% | 6% |
| Increasing the number of judges and staff who process asylum applications | 7% | 11% | 10% | 15% |
| Penalizing businesses that hire people who aren't legally allowed to work in the U.S. | 4% | 9% | 5% | 13% |
| Increasing resources to provide safe and sanitary conditions for migrants arriving in the U.S. | 6% | 5% | 8% | 5% |
| Increasing U.S. aid to countries that migrants are leaving | 4% | 4% | 5% | 8% |
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| Expanding the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border | 24% | 22% | 6% | 16% |
| Creating more opportunities for people to legally immigrate to the U.S. | 12% | 15% | 26% | 12% |
| Increasing deportations of people who are already in the country illegally | 13% | 14% | 12% | 10% |
| Increasing resources provided to U.S. border patrol | 15% | 13% | 9% | 16% |
| Making it harder for asylum seekers to be granted temporary legal status in the U.S. | 11% | 11% | 8% | 23% |
| Increasing the number of judges and staff who process asylum applications | 10% | 7% | 16% | 7% |
| Penalizing businesses that hire people who aren't legally allowed to work in the U.S. | 5% | 7% | 12% | 6% |
| Increasing resources to provide safe and sanitary conditions for migrants arriving in the U.S. | 7% | 6% | 6% | 2% |
| Increasing U.S. aid to countries that migrants are leaving | 3% | 5% | 7% | 8% |
