More Americans now say immigration problem is most important issue facing US

(GALLUP) 55% of Americans want less immigration


The following is from Gallup News. Please note the poll grouped legal immigration in with illegal immigration.

Significantly more U.S. adults than a year ago, 55% versus 41%, would like to see immigration to the U.S. decreased.

This is the first time since 2005 that a majority of Americans have wanted there to be less immigration, and today’s figure is the largest percentage holding that view since a 58% reading in 2001.

The record high was 65%, recorded in 1993 and 1995.

Most of the rise in resistance to immigration in the June 3-23 poll is offset by a 10-percentage-point decline in those saying they want increased immigration, now at 16%.

There has also been a decline in those wanting to see immigration kept at its present level, down six points to 25%.

The shifts in attitudes have come after monthly illegal border crossings reached record levels late last year. They have dropped significantly since then, but remain above most monthly pre-pandemic totals.

Gallup’s monthly measure of the most important problem facing the country finds immigration consistently ranking among the top issues this year.

Also, in the latest survey, 42% describe the situation at the U.S. border with Mexico as a crisis and 35% a major problem, although those figures are little changed from prior readings in 2019 and 2023.

Americans’ attitudes on immigration have changed greatly during the past four years. In 2020 and 2021, nearly as many wanted to see increased immigration (34%) as to keep the status quo (36%), with fewer favoring decreases (30%).

All Party Groups Show a Greater Preference for Immigration Cutbacks

Although the desire for decreased immigration varies widely by party, all three groups are significantly more likely than a year ago to favor less immigration. This includes a 15-point increase among Republicans (to 88%), an 11-point increase among independents (to 50%) and a 10-point increase among Democrats (to 28%).

Republicans and independents are much more likely to say immigration should be reduced rather than increased or kept at its present level.

Democrats are now most likely to prefer keeping immigration levels where they are, but last year they were about equally likely to favor keeping the status quo or increasing immigration.

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2 thoughts on “(GALLUP) 55% of Americans want less immigration”

  1. Sharyl and Lisa—and Full Measure Team,

    Re :
    “(GALLUP) 55% of Americans want less IMMIGRATION [ my emphasis ]”

    To use that term, “immigration,” is Soviet-style scribbling.

    Read/Study, “House of Government,” about Soviet bureaucrats
    having practiced CIRCULAR-LYING Squads, deflecting
    responsibility from one’s own CENTRALIZED department
    to another, in to order to avoid being taken out and shot.

    BETTER to have written,
    “. . . want less INVASIONS,”
    as that term, “IMMIGRATION,”
    connotes an orderliness and
    proper vetting of incoming
    people.

    I await that Rightist leader
    who openly/correctly
    concludes :

    America — aka White Civil Society ! — has fallen.

    -Rick

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