It’s a question that used to be on the national census every decade: whether you were a citizen of the United States. But the Justice Department’s request to return it to the 2020 census for all respondents has unsettled demographic experts as well as advocates of voting rights and immigrants, […] Read more »
Jury’s out on winners and losers in latest shutdown standoff
Congress and President Trump are headed into new territory in their standoff over funding the federal government amid Democratic demands to resolve the immigration status of up to 1 million residents brought here illegally as children. The uncertainty lies in this question: Who will win in the court of public […] Read more »
Most Americans support DACA, but oppose border wall
Nearly nine in 10 Americans favor allowing young immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally as children to remain in the U.S. – a policy known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. … Three in four Americans find the remarks President Trump reportedly made about immigration from Haiti […] Read more »
Looming Shutdown Would Further Damage Government’s Image
The looming shutdown of the federal government — because elected officials cannot agree on immigration policy — would almost certainly do further damage to Americans’ already negative view of the government. Only one in five Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, and President Donald Trump’s job approval is […] Read more »
Why Trump voters need the immigrants they want to turn away
The irony in President Donald Trump’s hostility to immigration, expressed again in reports of his vulgar comments about Africa and Haiti last week, is that in appealing to the racial and cultural resentments of his political base he is directly threatening their economic interests. The equation is unmistakable: as America […] Read more »
Immigration a Top Problem for Republicans, Not for Democrats
Partisan differences are clearly visible in Americans’ assessments of the most important problem facing the country. Dissatisfaction with government ranks at or near the top of the list of the country’s most important problems for both Republicans (16%) and Democrats (30%), though the percentages differ substantially. But while immigration ties […] Read more »