A recent Monkey Cage post by Patrick J. Egan claimed that the Republican Party is hurt by Donald Trump’s immigration policies. But the post presented polling data only on the policy question of what to do with illegal immigrants already in the United States and on the general question of whether immigration (not illegal immigration per se) hurts more than harms the United States.
Majorities of Americans support keeping illegal immigrants who are already here, so a focus on policies such as deportation might hurt the GOP in the general election. But there is no reason to reduce the Trump immigration reform plan or Americans’ immigration policy preferences to the question of illegal immigrants already in the United States. CONT.
L.J Zigerell (Illinois State U.), The Monkey Cage
Recent polls: Immigration