A sizable majority of voters want the southern border secured and approve of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s move to pay back criticism from “sanctuary city” mayors by busing illegal immigrants to their towns.
Just as two buses of illegal immigrants from Texas unloaded at the front of the Naval Observatory, the home of “border czar” Vice President Kamala Harris today, Rasmussen Reports released a survey showing support for the practice.
By a margin of 52% to 39%, likely voters approved Abbott’s busing of illegal immigrants to New York City, Washington, D.C., and Chicago.
BREAKING: Two buses of 101 migrants mostly from Venezuela arrive outside @VP Harris house in DC sent by @GregAbbott_TX – one migrant telling me he believes the border is “open” @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/Q70utdE4k0
— Griff Jenkins (@GriffJenkins) September 15, 2022
Other governors have started instituting similar policies, taking unprecedented numbers of illegal immigrants allowed to cross the border and busing them north. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week even flew a planeload to Martha’s Vineyard, the summer vacationland of top Democratic White House officials and former President Barack Obama.
Mayors have sent some back while complaining about the costs of taking care of the immigrants despite calling their cities “sanctuaries” for illegal immigrants.
The survey revealed the disconnect between the public declarations of liberal mayors and the majority of voters who want the border tightened or closed and some of former President Donald Trump’s border policies reinstituted.
Instead of complaining about Abbott, 62% said the mayors should call President Joe Biden and have him secure the border.
As it usually does, Rasmussen pulled a quote from the news, this time the battle between Abbott and New York Mayor Eric Adams, to test the border question.
Its analysis included it: “In response to complaints from Mayor Eric Adams of New York about the illegal immigrants being sent from Texas, a spokeswoman for Abbott said: ‘If the mayor wants a solution to this humanitarian crisis, he should stop complaining and call on President Biden to take immediate action to secure the border.’ Sixty-two percent (62%) of voters agree with that statement, including 43% who strongly agree. Thirty percent (30%) disagree with the statement from Abbott’s spokeswoman, including 15% who strongly disagree.”
The pollster has recently focused more on illegal immigration as the crisis has worsened, and most voters expect the problem to deepen due to Biden’s lax policies.
