Poll: Immigration is top concern and Democrats are winning

By Paul Bedard

Published February 4, 2019 12:59pm ET

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Poll: Immigration is top concern and Democrats are winning — Groups opposed to border walls being built along the Texas-Mexico border gather outside the McAllen International Airport as they wait for the arrival of President Donald Trump who is making a visit to the southern border, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, in McAllen, Texas.

Immigration has become one of the top concerns of Americans, and the nation is getting in line behind Democrats in their fight with President Trump over a border wall and amnesty, according to a new survey.

Nearly eight-in-10 cited immigration as a top issue to them in the midterm congressional election and 21 percent call it the “country’s most important problem,” according to Gallup.

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