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Just 7 percent of Americans say illegal immigration 'not a problem' at all: Poll
Washington Times ^ | 5 Jan 19 | Jennifer Harper

Posted on 01/05/2019 1:07:11 PM PST by xzins

A new poll reveals that very few Americans say that illegal immigration is not a problem.

A wide-ranging Economist/YouGov survey gauged the level of concern Americans have on the issue to find that only 7 percent of the overall public say illegal immigration is “not a problem”; 2 percent of Republicans, 7 percent of independents and even 12 percent of Democrats agree with the statement.

Amid non-stop news coverage of the President Trump’s battle to fund a border wall and the Central American caravan, the poll suggests that public worry is pronounced — almost two thirds says illegal immigration is a serious problem, with some predictable partisan divides. Here’s what the survey found:

• 40 percent of Americans overall say illegal immigration in the U.S. is a “very serious problem”; 73 percent of Republicans, 38 percent of independents and 15 percent of Democrats agree.

• 22 percent overall say illegal immigration is a “somewhat serious problem”; 19 percent of Republicans, 21 percent of independents and 26 percent of Democrats agree.

Source: An Economist/YouGov poll of 1,500 U.S. adults conducted Dec. 30-Jan. 1.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: illegals; trump; wall
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1 posted on 01/05/2019 1:07:11 PM PST by xzins
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almost two thirds says illegal immigration is a serious problem,


2 posted on 01/05/2019 1:07:26 PM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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Sounds like they polled 7% illegal aliens.


3 posted on 01/05/2019 1:08:09 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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Most of those 7% are illegal immigrants. You don’t have to prove citizenship to answer a pollster.


4 posted on 01/05/2019 1:08:44 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine ( "It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: xzins

Do they all live in DC?


5 posted on 01/05/2019 1:08:52 PM PST by stanne
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Not sure I trust this poll (I’ve never heard of the polling organization), but even if the number of “don’t care’s” is two times seven percent, or even three times seven percent, this is what Nancy Pelosi has chosen to set herself in opposition to.

If the number is three times 7%, Pelosi has sided with 21% of the population against the other 79%.

Her 21% is rabid, foaming-at-the-mouth passionate, but it’s a minority.

Rush Limbaugh told many times about how when he was a young broadcast specialist he found out that if you did a show on psychic phenomena the switchboard would light up with a huge amount of calls from people who could talk for hours about their favorite subject, but in reality no one was listening. A small minority of very passionate listeners were melting the phone lines, but other than that small audience, everyone else was tuning in to some other station.


6 posted on 01/05/2019 1:16:11 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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African dictators also use their populations as cannon fodder to get attention.


7 posted on 01/05/2019 1:22:27 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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Yet those same Americans hand the House over to the Rats.

Too bad the GOP didn’t get the Border Wall done when they had power, huh?


8 posted on 01/05/2019 1:25:50 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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I’m amazed at the differences when they use just likely voters.

You.gov is the poll. I believe they are totally an online poll.


9 posted on 01/05/2019 1:49:01 PM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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Of course if was a Washington Compost poll, it would have been just 7% of Americans want the wall.


10 posted on 01/05/2019 1:50:27 PM PST by antidemoncrat
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The WaPo really does put “manipulated by radical progressives” in every poll they do.


11 posted on 01/05/2019 1:51:37 PM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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I believe that at least 75% of Americans BELIEVE that illegal immigration IS a problem they may not admit it openly but I believe it IS the way they feel!!! This would include LEGAL immigrants!!!!


12 posted on 01/05/2019 1:53:40 PM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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I agree with you. People lock their doors at night. They know the difference between safe and unsafe policy on the border.

They just won’t admit it.

Even those that want the country full of illegal alien voters know that they are intentionally creating an unsafe environment. Their agenda is hidden and sinister so they can’t acknowledge the truth in public.


13 posted on 01/05/2019 1:59:06 PM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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93% of Americans should realize that the uniparty congress is a significant problem, as it does NOT properly represent the actual will of the people.

The uniparty only cares about keeping the murder of babies legal, the borders wide open, saving duf Erf from non-existent threats, bashing white straight Christian males, and destroying market capitalism.


14 posted on 01/05/2019 2:06:20 PM PST by dadgum (Overjoyed to be the Pariah.)
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What the border wall fight is REALLY all about!

“And the BEST PART is that IT'S YOUR $$$, NOT OURS. BWAHAHA!” (Comment by Schumer & Pelosi at presser!)

15 posted on 01/05/2019 2:24:50 PM PST by Dick Bachert (Why are damn near ALL the SEX FIENDS Democrats?)
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Hmmm. And the GoFundMe fund the wall is at $18 million? With how many donors?


16 posted on 01/05/2019 2:25:07 PM PST by dhs12345
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Illegals here already want borders enforced. The thugs they ran away from are following them here.


17 posted on 01/05/2019 2:30:21 PM PST by the_daug
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I don’t believe in go fund me


18 posted on 01/05/2019 2:57:44 PM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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I have no sympathy for anyone who steals identity, obtains fraudulent papers, lives off social services without having put onto the system, or takes jobs illegally. Those are all criminal acts or hogh misdemeanors in my mind


19 posted on 01/05/2019 3:03:05 PM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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Astounding!!!!


20 posted on 01/05/2019 3:04:42 PM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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