{"id":2290353,"date":"2024-07-08T08:12:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T12:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/growing-number-of-latino-democrats-support-more-control-of-border-poll-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T08:15:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T12:15:32","slug":"growing-number-of-latino-democrats-support-more-control-of-border-poll-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/growing-number-of-latino-democrats-support-more-control-of-border-poll-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing number of Latino Democrats support more &#8216;control&#8217; of border: Poll &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fgrowing-number-of-latino-democrats-support-more-control-of-border-poll-washington-examiner%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=2290353&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 \u200darticle discusses \u200ba poll that\u2064 reveals a growing number\u2062 of\u2064 Latino Democrats\u200c supporting more control of the southern border with Mexico compared to a year ago. The poll, \u2064conducted\u200b by Public Opinion\u2063 Strategies for\u2062 the LIBRE Initiative, shows an increase\u2063 in support for border control among Latino Democrats and independent voters. The article \u200dalso highlights bipartisan support for\u2064 controlling the southern\u200b border and the need for\u200c immigration reforms among Latino voters.\u200b Additionally,\u200d it mentions\u200d President Joe Biden&#8217;s recent policies\u2062 regarding asylum seekers and permanent residence for certain immigrants. \u200bThe article concludes by noting the\u2064 changing\u200c political preferences \u200bof Latino voters, with a focus on issues such as the economy, inflation, illegal immigration, and border security. the poll reflects shifting attitudes within the Latino community and their concerns about the direction of the country.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Growing number of Latino Democrats support more \u2018control\u2019 of border: Poll<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/naomi-lim\/\">Naomi Lim<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-08T08:00:00-04:00\">July 8, 2024 8:00 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1696127\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE \u2014<\/strong> More <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/latinos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Latino Democrats<\/a> agree there needs to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>more control of the southern border<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mexico<\/a> compared to a year ago, according to a poll.<\/p>\n<p>The percentage of Latino Democrats who support more \u201ccontrol\u201d of the border increased by 8 points, from 55% last July to 63% this May, according to the Public Opinion Strategies poll conducted for Koch-funded Latino advocacy organization, LIBRE\u00a0Initiative. <\/p>\n<p>The trend toward backing more control of the border was even more pronounced among Democratic-leaning Latinos, increasing by 20 points, from 47% last July to 67% in May. A majority of independent voters also agree regarding more control of the border, but support decreased by four points, from 68% to 64% during the last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMuch like the rest of the country, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hispanics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hispanics<\/a> view the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-sworn-in-as-secretary-of-homeland-security-despite-heavy-gop-opposition\/\" title=\"Mayorkas Sworn In As Secretary Of Homeland Security Despite Heavy GOP Opposition\">legal immigration system<\/a><\/a> as broken (86% agree) and also say that the country needs to do what is necessary to control our southern border in order to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into our country (73%),\u201d Public Opinion Strategies partner Jim Hobart wrote in a memo to LIBRE Initiative obtained by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNotably, the support for controlling our southern border is bipartisan, with north of 60% of Hispanic Democrats in favor of doing what is necessary to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into this country,\u201d Hobart said.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, a majority of Latinos, more broadly, are for immigration reforms, including creating more legal immigration pathways (87%), in addition to providing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/daca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>DACA<\/a> recipients, Dreamers, and other undocumented immigrants who came to the country as children a pathway to citizenship (81%).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-reveals-2024-policy-team-amid-outside-efforts-to-staff-administration\/\" title=\"Trump campaign unveils 2024 policy team amidst external attempts to staff administration\">specific immigration policies<\/a>, the strongest support is for creating secure regional processing centers where people can apply for refugee status outside of the United States, rather than at the border itself,\u201d Hobart wrote. \u201cHispanic voters are also supportive of bringing back the Remain in Mexico program, investing in improved working conditions and higher salaries for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-patrol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">border patrol agents<\/a><\/a>, and creating additional facilities to process undocumented border crossers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The poll, which surveyed 1,200 Latino voters nationwide from May 2-7 online and through text-to-web, underscores why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>President Joe Biden<\/a> last month announced he was placing a moratorium on illegal immigrants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/asylum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>receiving asylum<\/a> before two weeks later rolling out policies under which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-slams-biden-on-immigration-after-illegal-immigrant-arrested-for-murder-and-rape-of-mother-of-five\/\" title=\"Trump Criticizes Biden&#039;s Immigration Policies Following Arrest of Illegal Immigrant Charged with Murder and Rape\">illegal immigrants married<\/a> to a citizen who have been in the country for more than 10 years can apply for permanent residence in the U.S. and the visa process for graduates of stateside colleges and institutions will be eased.<\/p>\n<p>Support for Democrats among Latinos has decreased since the 2020 election when members of the party promoted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/socialism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>socialism<\/a>, an ideology with which some voters have personal experience. But with persistently poor perceptions of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>economy<\/a>, Biden has not been able to improve his standing with the demographic, though the LIBRE Initiative-Public Opinion Strategies poll did find that Democrats outperformed Republicans on a generic congressional ballot, 49% to 37%. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Inflation<\/a>, the economy, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/unemployment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>jobs<\/a> remained the most pressing issues for respondents during the last year \u2014 they are now followed by illegal immigration and border security before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>threats to democracy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For example, one-time Democratic New York state Sen. Ruben Diaz, Sr., who has endorsed Biden\u2019s Republican opponent, former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, before this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>November\u2019s election<\/a> has emphasized how Latinos are \u201cangry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHispanics are turning,\u201d Diaz told radio show host John Catsimatidis Sunday. \u201cHispanics no longer support the Democratic Party as strong[ly] as they used to \u2026 This is going to be a rude awakening for the Democratic Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To that end, although an average of 67% of polling respondents consider the country to be headed in the wrong direction, according to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/state-of-the-union\/direction-of-country\">RealClearPolitics<\/a><\/em>, the LIBRE Initiative-Public Opinion Strategies poll found 72% of Latino voters were of the same opinion, with 28% contending it was on the right track. In July last year, those numbers were 71% and 29%. Regarding whether they consider themselves better off than they were four years ago, 49% told pollsters they are worse off, 27% better off, and 25% about the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHispanic voters overwhelmingly say that the American Dream is harder to achieve now than<br \/>before. 88% of Hispanics agree with this statement, and 62% strongly agree,\u201d Hobart wrote.<br \/>\u201cThis is also impacting Hispanics hopes for their own children. Eighty-two percent are<br \/>concerned that America is declining and that their children will not have the opportunities they<br \/>had hoped for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAsked why it will be harder to achieve that American Dream that they still believe in, the focus<br \/>in open-ended responses is on inflation, the cost of living, and housing prices,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The poll, fielded before Trump\u2019s New York hush money trial conviction and Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>bad debate<\/a>, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.23 points.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1696127\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1696127\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent poll conducted for the LIBRE Initiative, a Latino advocacy organization funded by the Koch brothers, found that a growing number of Latino Democrats support increased control of the southern border with Mexico. The percentage of Latino Democrats in favor of more border control has risen from 55% to 63% in the past year, with even stronger support among Democratic-leaning Latinos. Despite this, the majority of Latinos still support immigration reforms, such as creating more legal pathways and providing a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients and Dreamers. President Joe Biden&#8217;s recent policies on immigration reflect these shifting attitudes among Latino voters. Additionally, the poll found that a majority of Latino voters believe the country is headed in the wrong direction and that achieving the American Dream is becoming increasingly difficult<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2290354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/biden-border-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33102,3685,21076,3921,32076],"class_list":["post-2290353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-border-control","tag-democrats","tag-latinos","tag-poll","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/biden-border-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290353","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\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2290354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}