{"id":2234823,"date":"2024-05-01T17:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T21:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-say-that-immigration-is-the-top-issue-facing-the-country-for-third-month-in-a-row\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T17:42:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T21:42:58","slug":"americans-say-that-immigration-is-the-top-issue-facing-the-country-for-third-month-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-say-that-immigration-is-the-top-issue-facing-the-country-for-third-month-in-a-row\/","title":{"rendered":"For the third consecutive month, Americans prioritize immigration as the top national issue"},"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\">26<\/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%2Famericans-say-that-immigration-is-the-top-issue-facing-the-country-for-third-month-in-a-row%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=2234823&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--><p>The latest Gallup polls reveal that Americans have consistently identified immigration as the top concern for three consecutive months. In April, 27% of respondents\u2063 emphasized this issue, compared to 28% in February and March. The survey also highlights varying perceptions among Republicans, independents, and Democrats regarding immigration as the country&#8217;s \u2064primary challenge. Additionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oz-barnette-and-mccormick-cast-votes-in-pennsylvania-senate-gop-primary\/\" title=\"Oz, Barnette, and McCormick Cast Votes in Pennsylvania Senate GOP Primary\">public opinion surveys<\/a> \u200dsuggest challenges for President\u200b Biden on this crucial issue.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Americans have named immigration as the single biggest problem facing the United States for the third month in a row, a series of polls from Gallup has found.<\/p>\n<p>The open-ended <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/644570\/immigration-named-top-problem-third-straight-month.aspx\">question<\/a> posed by Gallup found that 27 percent of respondents said that immigration was the biggest issue facing the country in April, with 28 percent saying the same in February and March, up from 21 percent in January.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly half of Republicans, 48 percent, named immigration as the biggest issue facing the country in April, while 52 and 57 percent said so in March and February, respectively. The share of independents who dubbed immigration as America\u2019s top issue rose to 25 percent in April to reach its record high, while just 8 percent of Democrats agreed.<\/p>\n<p>A growing share of respondents say that the economy is the biggest problem facing the country, but the issue sits in third place behind those who said that the government is the biggest problem.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is the moment when TX National Guard became overrun by migrants rioting to get across the border here in El Paso today<\/p>\n<p>We were there and saw it all happen. Absolute chaos here. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VN6Kf663ie\">pic.twitter.com\/VN6Kf663ie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jennie Taer (@JennieSTaer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JennieSTaer\/status\/1770886341879885952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The poll results are just the latest examples amid a mounting number of public opinion surveys that have indicated that Biden is underwater with voters on the critical issue, which has become a top concern heading into the November election.<\/p>\n<p>One poll found that an abysmally low <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/poll-just-20-percent-of-voters-say-united-states-has-control-over-its-borders\">20 percent<\/a> of eligible voters say that the United States has control over its own borders, with a plurality of all age groups surveyed in agreement. Even respondents in states like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/poll-colorado-voters-say-immigration-is-the-top-issue-as-2024-election-draws-closer\">Colorado<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/poll-massachusetts-voters-say-immigration-is-the-top-issue-facing-the-state\">Massachusetts<\/a>, where Biden won a commanding victory in the 2020 election, have said that immigration is the biggest issue facing their respective states. Yet another public opinion survey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/poll-majority-of-americans-want-to-limit-number-of-migrants-who-can-seek-asylum-hire-more-border-patrol-agents\">revealed<\/a> that a majority of Americans want to limit the number of people who can seek asylum in the U.S. and believe that we should hire more Border Patrol agents.<\/p>\n<p>Another recent poll found that just over half of Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/over-half-of-americans-support-mass-deportations-of-illegal-immigrants\">support<\/a> the mass deportation of illegal immigrants, citing concerns about crime, national security, and the cost to taxpayers. Former President Donald Trump has pledged that he will carry out the \u201clargest domestic deportation operation in American history\u201d if he is reelected in November.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-divisions-over-israel-laid-bare-as-war-continues\/\" title=\"Israel's ongoing war exposes deep divisions within the Democratic Party.\">shifting public opinion<\/a> has come amid an unprecedented crisis on our southern border under the Biden administration, with officials recording over 9.5 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/nationwide-encounters\">nationwide encounters<\/a> and 1.7 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-admin-may-have-lost-track-millions-of-migrants-crossing-southern-border-congressional-report\">estimated illegal immigrant gotaways<\/a> since the Democrat took office. There were only 445,000 total reported gotaways for 2018, 2019, and 2020 under the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Gallup polls, 27% of Americans identified immigration as the key concern for the third month running. 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