Americans who voted for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are divided over the country’s increasing diversity and different lifestyles, with over 80 percent of Clinton voters saying they’re comfortable with the changes, but nearly half of Trump voters saying they’re uneasy. These are the results from a new NBC News/Wall […] Read more »
Majorities of Republicans and Democrats Support Basic Policies of DACA Program
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program offers discretionary relief from deportation proceedings for the hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children. President Trump frequently threatened to end the program during his campaign. However, policies that would extend and make permanent current DACA protections […] Read more »
Will The Arpaio Pardon Make Trump More Unpopular?
President Trump pardoned ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona’s Maricopa County on Friday night. Arpaio, known for his hardline stance on illegal immigration, had been convicted of criminal contempt for violating a federal court order commanding his department to stop racially profiling Latinos. National surveys conducted before the pardon suggest it’s […] Read more »
Most Americans don’t want the wall, don’t think Mexico will pay for it and don’t believe it will happen
… Since Trump took office, it’s been clear that his primary (if not exclusive) focus has been on delivering wins to his base of support, the people who powered him through the primaries and who still, despite his sliding poll numbers, will don a MAGA hat and show up at […] Read more »
Places with the fewest immigrants push back hardest against immigration
As President Donald Trump’s trip to Arizona is certain to demonstrate, immigration remains one of the most polarizing issues in American politics. But the central political fault line around the dispute follows a surprising path. The paradox of this emotional debate is that generally the states and communities with the […] Read more »
The immigrant hordes are already here! Or not.
Hide your wife, hide your husband, hide your child! The immigrant hordes are already here! Or so lots of Americans believe — making it easier for politicians and fringe “alt-right” white-supremacist groups to seize on these fears and exploit them for political gain. The share of people in the United […] Read more »