A Harvard Harris poll (full pdf below) shows President Trump’s instincts are spot-on. 1,448 polled voters. [Poll ideology: Democrat 37%, Republican 32%, Independent 29%].
An overwhelming majority of American registered voters, 70 percent, support tougher immigration enforcement to include a border wall (60% support), deportation (64% support), and repatriation of all illegal border crossers including families with Children (61% support). Additionally 69% of voters do not support the position of disbanding I.C.E.
♦ Page #67 – Do you think current border security is adequate or inadequate? 61% Inadequate / 39% Adequate.
♦ Page #69 – Do you support or oppose building a combination of physical and electronic barriers across the U.S.-Mexico border? 60% Support / 40% Oppose.
♦ Page #72 – Do you think that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, known as ICE, should be disbanded or not? 31% Disbanded / 69% Not Disbanded.
♦ Page #68 – Do you think we should have basically open borders or do you think we need secure borders? 76% Secure / 24% Open.
♦ Page #73 – Do you think we need stricter or looser enforcement of our immigration laws? 70% Stricter / 30% Looser.
♦ Page #74 – Do you think that people who make it across our border illegally should be allowed to stay in the country or sent home? 64% Sent Home / 36% Stay Here.
♦ Page #75 – Do you think that parents with children who make it across our border illegally should be allowed to stay in the country or sent home? 61% Sent Home / 39% Stay Here.
♦ Page #78 – Do you think that people who illegally cross into the country should be allowed into the country and given a ticket to see a judge in the future or held in custody until a judge reviews their case? 55% Held in Custody / 45% Given Ticket.
♦ Page #89 – Should cities that arrest illegal immigrants for crimes be required to notify immigration authorities they are in custody or be prohibited from notifying immigration authorities? 84% Require to Notify / 16% Not Required to Notify.
Blog Author's Comments: The pollster left out 2 other important questions. *Do you think that an infant born in the U.S. of a woman who entered the U.S. contrary to law should be a U.S. citizen? *Do you think that an infant born in the U.S. of a woman who entered the U.S. via a non-immigrant visa should be a U.S. citizen? It would be interesting to see what the immigration laws of the illegals’ countries of origin are. I believe Mexico’s laws on the subject are quite strict, and violation thereof results in rotting away in a Mexican jail. Yet by the supposedly, many thousands of protestors, they and many Democrat office holders want to abolish ICE. Go ahead Democrats, run on that as your number one platform for the midterm elections and see how badly you are defeated.
We must use our language as a powerful tool. So many are getting so politically correct and refrain from using the word “illegals”. Let’s call them what they are and use the word “illegals” constantly where it is appropriate. The liberals have squashed that word and it is up to those who care about our country to bring it back. And these poll numbers were produced despite the typical over-sampling of Democrats (37% vs. 32% for Republicans.). The left is playing a dangerous game with their non-thinking rhetoric on immigrants as of late. If they gain control again, desperate migrants are going to storm the border thinking they will get citizenship. Likely, the democrats want this outcome to occur. But it is totally crazy for any American to want this.
Here we have the left wanting non-ending welfare and at the same time to swing open the gates for third world migrants from the south. We already have a cradle to grave welfare system that is literally bankrupting us. The left cannot have it both ways, they will destroy us with this insane way of thinking.
