When it comes to immigration policy, Americans’ attitudes often break down along party lines, with most Republicans supporting President Trump’s immigration policies, and Democrats vigorously opposed. But according to a new NPR-Ipsos poll, there’s an even better predictor of how you feel about immigration: where you get your TV news. […] Read more »
NPR/Ipsos Poll Shows Polarization On Immigration Issues
Who should get to be an American? That’s one of the questions NPR and research firm Ipsos asked in a new poll. NPR Read more »
Do Americans Tolerate Zero Tolerance?
Controversies over “zero tolerance” have exploded recently in two very distinct contexts: the Trump administration’s policy for undocumented border-crossers, dramatized most starkly in its separation of migrant children from their parents, and the #MeToo debate over how firm policies should be toward men who press themselves on women, highlighted by […] Read more »
Democrats Risk Overreach on Immigration
… Does Trump doubling-down to placate his base mean that it is good policy or politics for the Left to do the same? The “Abolish ICE” rhetoric to protest Trump policies brings to mind another old saying, often attributed to the Rolling Stones’s Mick Jagger as well as to Navy […] Read more »
Most Americans oppose key parts of Trump immigration plans
Americans overwhelmingly oppose the Trump administration’s now-rescinded policy of separating immigrant children from their parents, and smaller majorities also disagree with the president’s call to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and to restrict legal immigration by limiting citizens from bringing parents and siblings to this country, according to […] Read more »
The Democratic Party Hits a Fork in the Road
… Almost halfway through Donald Trump’s tempestuous first term, Democrats are divided between two visions of how they can dislodge the Republican dominance of Washington and most state governments. One camp believes the party’s best chance will come from targeting mostly white, Republican-leaning voters who are recoiling from Trump on […] Read more »