As public schools across the U.S. brace themselves for a surge of thousands of underage illegal immigrants — many who came to the country without their families — Americans are saying ditch the idea, according to a new poll.

Fifty-three percent of likely voters in a Rasmussen Reports poll released Thursday say those immigrants should not be allowed to attend local public schools in the fall, versus 32 percent who say they should and 14 percent who were undecided.