Almost 70% of voters support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants already in the United States, according to a new survey.
The report said the high percentage is a larger margin than what was shown in other recent surveys. Voters also showed agreement over whether single men who are illegal immigrants should be released in the U.S. after being apprehended, with over 66% of voters against the idea.
Decision Desk HQ, which conducted the survey on behalf of NewsNation, also reported that 86% of respondents said immigration is either “somewhat” or “very” important.
Decision Desk HQ adviser Scott Tranter told NewsNation that “despite whether you think there should be more immigration or less immigration, whether or not you think there should be a wall or not be a wall, 70% of Americans think that, ‘Hey, if you’re here illegally already, you should at least give them a path to citizenship.'”
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A poll in 2021 revealed that 57% of voters supported a pathway, a jump from the only 46% who supported it in 2017, revealing a growing pro-pathway to citizenship sentiment among voters.
“It’s hard to get 60% or more of Americans to agree on anything,” Tranter said.
The survey revealed significant division on other questions related to immigration.
Key takeaways from the results include no consensus as to whether illegal immigration is harmful to U.S. communities and a large division between voters who want to increase immigration versus those who want to decrease it. The border wall and the “catch and release” policy also divided respondents.
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This comes as a new court document filed in Texas v. Biden revealed that authorities on the southern border encountered 153,941 migrants in January, almost double the amount they did in 2021 during Joe Biden’s first month as president.
