Majority of Americans Now Back Trump-Style Border Wall: Poll

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For the first time in the history of the Monmouth University poll, a majority of Americans support the construction of a Trump-style border wall.

Illegal immigration has become a key concern of voters this election year, with a new poll showing that, for the first time in the surveyโ€™s history, a majority of Americans support building a wall along the U.S.โ€“Mexico border.

With record numbers of illegal immigrants pouring into the country, public concern about the border crisis is higher during President Joe Bidenโ€™s term than under the prior two administrations, according to a Monmouth University poll released on Feb. 26.

More than six in 10 Americans think illegal immigration is a โ€œvery seriousโ€ problem, a sharp increase from 2015 and 2019, when prior Monmouth polls found that 43 percent and 49 percent, respectively, held that view.

When adding people who think illegal immigration is a somewhat serious problem (23 percent), the percentage of Americans who are concerned about the border crisis stands at 84 percent.

โ€œIllegal immigration has taken center stage as a defining issue this presidential election year,โ€ Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, said in a statement.

Itโ€™s estimated that more than 10 million illegal immigrants have crossed the border since President Biden took office.

Support Soars for Border Wall

Concern about illegal immigration is so high, in fact, that for the first time since Monmouth began asking Americans for their views on the matter in 2015, a majority (58 percent) of the public supports building a border wall.

Before the current poll, the highest percentage of Americans who supported a border wall was 48 percent (in 2015); the lowest was 35 percent (in 2017).

Another notable finding is that a strong majority (61 percent) of Americans say that immigrants seeking asylum at the border should be made to wait in Mexico while their claims are processed.

The border wall was former President Donald Trumpโ€™s signature project, and Republicans have credited his โ€œRemain in Mexicoโ€ policyโ€”a centerpiece of border enforcement during his tenure but canceled by President Bidenโ€”with reducing the influx of illegal immigrants into the country.

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