{"id":1979113,"date":"2023-07-20T23:49:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T03:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vast-majority-of-americans-say-illegal-immigration-is-either-crisis-or-major-problem\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T23:51:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T03:51:21","slug":"vast-majority-of-americans-say-illegal-immigration-is-either-crisis-or-major-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vast-majority-of-americans-say-illegal-immigration-is-either-crisis-or-major-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Americans view illegal immigration as a significant issue or crisis."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvast-majority-of-americans-say-illegal-immigration-is-either-crisis-or-major-problem%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1979113&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Illegal Immigration: A Crisis \u200cor Major \u200bProblem?<\/h2>\n<p>Amid a historic wave of\u2062 people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border unlawfully, an overwhelming majority of Americans polled say that illegal immigration is a crisis\u2064 or\u2014at best\u2014a \u2063\u201cmajor \u2063problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/508565\/plurality-say-southern-border-situation-crisis.aspx#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20D.C.,the%20previous%20reading%20in%202019.\">poll by Gallup<\/a> found that 39 percent \u200bof Americans believe \u200bthe border situation is a full-blown \u201ccrisis.\u201d Another 33 \u2064percent think it\u2019s \u200da \u201cmajor problem,\u201d \u200dmeaning that a whopping 72 percent believe \u2064the situation\u2062 on \u200bthe border is bad enough to\u200c be considered seriously problematic.<\/p>\n<p>Views on illegal immigration held by Republicans\u2014who have long opposed open borders\u2014have remained mostly unchanged from \u20632019, when a \u2063similar poll was conducted by Gallup during \u2062the administration of then President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 relatively stable share (88\u200c percent in \u200b2019 vs. 91 percent in 2023) of Republican\u2064 respondents saying illegal immigration is at least a \u201cmajor problem\u201d\u200d suggests that porous borders are less of\u2064 a partisan \u200dissue than a matter of deep conviction for those aligned with the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, on the other hand, have sharply raised their tolerance for illegal immigration between the Trump-era days \u200dand those of the administration \u2062of President Joe Biden, a fellow Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, 68 percent of Democrats said it was a crisis or major problem, with that dropping to just 56 \u200dpercent \u2064at the present time, suggesting Democrat views on the issue shift based on politics.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans in Congress have \u200dblamed\u2064 the Biden administration for policies they say encourage people to undertake the perilous\u2064 trek north and \u200bcross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has blamed factors outside its control\u2014like crime,\u200c corruption, and poverty in countries of origin\u2014while \u200dblaming Mr. Trump for undermining the country\u2019s asylum system, which the current administration\u2062 says it\u2019s trying to fix.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5410562\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/19\/id5410562-illegal-immigrants-GettyImages-1259066739-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><\/p>\n<p>    Illegal \u2062immigrants wait to be taken by Border Patrol to a processing\u200d facility to begin their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-rushing-migrants-blame-actions-on-bidens-recent-immigration-program-app-social-media-rumors\/\" title=\"Border-Rushing Migrants Blame Actions On Biden\u2019s Recent Immigration Program App, Social Media Rumors\">asylum-seeking process<\/a> in Eagle Pass, Texas, \u200don June 25,\u2064 2023. (Suzanne Cordeiro\/AFP via \u200dGetty Images)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<h2>June Numbers<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/national-media-release\/cbp-releases-june-2023-monthly-update\">reported this\u2063 week<\/a> that\u200d 144,607 encounters happened in June along the Southwest border,\u200c the lowest number\u200b since February 2021.<\/p>\n<p>CBP officials credited the decline\u200b in part to the Biden administration\u2019s \u2062expansion of legal pathways and processes for\u200b entry into the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur \u2063sustained efforts to enforce consequences under our \u200dlongstanding Title 8 authorities, combined with expanding access to lawful\u2063 pathways and \u200bprocesses, have driven the number \u200dof\u200b migrant \u200bencounters along the \u2064Southwest border to their lowest levels in more than\u200b two years. We will remain vigilant,\u201d \u200cTroy A. Miler, CBP Senior \u2063Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner,\u200d said in \u200ba statement.<\/p>\n<p>June marked the \u200dfirst full month since Title\u2062 42 restrictions expired on May 11 and were \u200creplaced with a new policy that, in many ways, resembled the one that \u200bended.<\/p>\n<p>Title 42 \u200cwas \u200da regulation designed\u200c to prevent the\u200d introduction\u2062 of contagious diseases in the United States.\u200b The rule was issued \u2063by the Trump administration in 2020 at the beginning of the COVID-19\u2062 pandemic and was used over 2.5 million times\u2062 to\u200c block asylum\u200c claims.<\/p>\n<p>When Title 42 ended, the Biden administration rolled out a\u2063 new rule\u2062 (<a href=\"https:\/\/public-inspection.federalregister.gov\/2023-10146.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>), which essentially reinstates a Trump-era travel policy, stipulating that illegal immigrants would be \u2064disqualified from applying for asylum in the United States if they\u2062 didn\u2019t first seek protection in countries that they traveled through on their way to the United\u200b States,\u200d with limited exceptions.<\/p>\n<p>The regulation is meant\u200c to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vast-majority-of-americans-say-illegal-immigration-is-either-crisis-or-major-problem\/\" title=\"Most Americans view illegal immigration as a significant issue or crisis.\">decrease human smuggling \u200dactivities<\/a> at the southern border by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-says-dhs-ready-to-meet-influx-of-illegal-immigrants-as-title-42-expires\/\" title=\"Mayorkas: DHS prepared for illegal immigrant influx as Title 42 ends.\">encouraging asylum-seekers<\/a> to use \u200b\u201clawful, safe, \u200dand orderly\u201d pathways, such as seeking refuge in a country that they\u2019ve passed through.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5246881\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/06\/id5246881-mayorkas-1200x800.jpeg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><\/p>\n<p>    \u2064 Department of Homeland\u200c Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas (2nd-L) speaks at a press \u200cconference on May 5, 2023, in Brownsville, Texas. (Michael Gonzalez\/Getty Images)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>Hours\u200d before\u2064 Title\u200c 42\u2064 was set to expire, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that smugglers had been spreading the word that the border would be open after\u2063 Title 42 expired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent Gallup poll reveals that the majority of Americans view illegal immigration as a crisis or a significant issue. With a historic surge of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border unlawfully, 39% consider it a crisis, while 33% see it as a major problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":1979114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1979113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1979113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1979114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1979113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1979113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1979113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}