A majority of voters (58%) in seven battleground states oppose President Biden’s handling of immigration, according to a new poll.
according to Global Strategy Group Vote32% of voters approve of how Biden is handling the issue.
A majority of respondents (52%) also said the president ignored border issues, and half said Biden ignored illegal immigrants and the Dreamers, who were brought to the United States as children. I answered yes.
Opinion polls show that both Democrats and Republicans have low approval ratings for handling immigration., first reported by PoliticoThirty-nine percent of respondents said they would trust Biden and Democrats in Congress more to handle immigration, while 47 percent chose Republicans.
In addition, 82% of respondents said the immigration system is broken, while 76% and 75% of voters were positive about increased border security and providing pathways to citizenship, respectively. 69% of voters said they would make it easier for illegal immigrants to apply for work permits and be protected from deportation if at least she meets certain criteria, such as having lived in the United States for 10 years and having a criminal record. He said he supports efforts to check.
The poll comes ahead of the May deadline for the termination of Title 42, a border control policy related to the COVID-19 pandemic emergency. It also takes place one day after him in Senator Bob Menendez (DN.J.). release An immigration plan that calls for Biden to take administrative action to address immigration flows.
In a statement on Tuesday, Menendez said, “We have repeatedly expressed concern over the Biden administration’s decision last year to implement short-term deterrence policies, but we have failed to address the cycle of illegal immigration at the Southwest border. do not have.
His plans include expanding legal channels for U.S. immigration, increasing border security resources, increasing aid to regional countries to support immigration programs, and fighting organized crime and smuggling ring4. It contains two different strategies.
A new poll was conducted April 4-11 of 1,201 voters in seven 2024 presidential battleground states, including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. rice field. The confidence interval for the poll is 2.8 percentage points.
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