This is one in a series of articles looking at the issues being tackled by the new Biden administration, from the perspective of the average American. Our focus here is immigration, one of the central themes of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in 2016 and the focus of high-profile policy actions taken throughout his four years in office. Within hours of Joe Biden’s inauguration, however, the newly elected president began the process of reversing a number of those policies with executive orders of his own.
Interestingly, despite Biden’s focus on immigration, the data make it clear that the issue of immigration is no longer nearly as top of mind for Americans as it has been at other times in recent history. CONTINUED
Frank Newport, Gallup