President Trump’s plan to boost funding for border security has support in battleground states, although a majority of adults in those states oppose his specific plan to build a wall at the southern U.S. border and also oppose his plan to curb chain migration, according to a new poll released Friday.
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More than 70 percent of adults surveyed in battleground states, which was sponsored by the Washington Post and George Mason University’s Schar School, approve of increased border security funding.
But 59 percent do not want to see a wall built along the U.S.-Mexico border, and 64 percent would disapprove of any action that would prevent U.S. citizens from bringing parents and siblings into the country.
When asked who they trust more on border security, 42 percent of respondents in battleground states picked Trump. However, 25 percent chose Democrats, and 22 percent said neither.
Democrats were preferred by 38 percent of people to handle immigration “overall,” whereas 30 percent selected Trump. Twenty-four percent said they did not trust either.
The Washington Post-Schar School poll was conducted among 1,473 adults online and via phone interviews between June 27 and July 2. Its results have a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.
