Monday 8 August 2022 04:43 PM Americans' views harden AGAINST immigration - 10% more in U.S. want to cut ... trends now
Americans’ views have hardened against immigration, with 10 percent more people calling for lower migrant flows than did so two years ago — a sign of growing concern about chaos on the southern border.
Only 28 percent of Americans surveyed in 2020 wanted less immigration to the U.S. That rose to 38 percent in a poll released on Monday, suggesting frustration with the administration of President Joe Biden.
The increase was stark among Republicans, where those seeking fewer immigrants rose from 48-69 percent. There was also an uptick among Democrats, with a 13-17 point increase over two years.
The polling reflects growing public concern over chaos at the southern border, caravans and deaths from cross-border trafficking, even as many business chiefs seek more migrant labor to build U.S. manufacturing and the technology sector.
Pollsters noted that U.S. attitudes over immigration were ‘highly fractured’ and a roughly three-way split between those who wanted people flows reduced, increased, and those who wanted it kept at current levels.
‘The border crisis of recent years has sparked a highly partisan debate about how to handle the large demand for entry to the U.S. from Central and South America,’ researchers said.
‘That is likely affecting Americans' views toward immigration generally.’
Americans’ views have hardened against immigration, with 10 percent more people calling for lower migrant flows than did so two years ago – a sign of growing concern about chaos on the southern border
The poll was released after the first buses packed with migrants from Central And South America sent from Texas by Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, arrived in New York City on Friday, followed by another on Sunday
The survey was released after the first buses packed with migrants from Central And South America sent from Texas by Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, arrived in New York City on Friday, followed by another on Sunday.
Abbott, who is running for a third term as governor in November elections, has already sent more than 6,000 migrants to Washington since April in a bid to shift responsibility for border crossers to Democratic mayors and Biden, a Democrat.
New York Mayor Eric Adams condemned Abbott for a ‘horrific’ decision to force migrants onto buses against their will after meeting the new arrivals at the Port Authority bus terminal on Sunday.
‘Some of the families are on the bus that wanted to go to other locations, and they were not allowed to do so. They were forced on the bus,’ Adams said, according to Politico.
‘Our goal is to immediately find out each family’s needs and give them the assistance they want.’
Adams has declared a city-wide emergency and called on the federal government to step in as a major influx of migrants strains New York City's shelter system. Some 4,000 asylum-seekers have come to NYC since May, Adams' office stated.
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser has said her city's shelter system has also been strained by migrant arrivals and last month urged the Biden administration to deploy military troops to assist with receiving the migrants.
Attitudes against immigration have haredned among Republicans, Democrats and independents
New Yorkers living close to the city’s shelters for asylum seekers told DailyMail.com they were
