{"id":588792,"date":"2021-07-12T10:36:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T14:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=588792"},"modified":"2021-07-12T10:36:50","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T14:36:50","slug":"poll-85-of-americans-underestimate-the-number-of-illegal-border-crossings-under-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-85-of-americans-underestimate-the-number-of-illegal-border-crossings-under-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: 85% Of Americans Underestimate The Number Of Illegal Border Crossings Under Biden"},"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%2Fpoll-85-of-americans-underestimate-the-number-of-illegal-border-crossings-under-biden%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=588792&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233895330.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Thanks in large part to the media\u2019s decision to ignore the crisis at the U.S. border, 85% of Americans think the number of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border is lower \u2014 often far lower \u2014 than it is. One in every five Americans underestimates the number of illegal aliens pouring across the southern border by more than 90%.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, nearly a million illegal immigrants crossed the U.S. border with Mexico in the first half of this year \u2014 a <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/crisis-border-happened\/story?id=78312099\">20-year high<\/a> of 180,034 in May alone, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\">statistics<\/a> from the U.S. Customs and Border Protections. In all, a total of 929,868 illegal immigrants have entered the country year-to-date in 2021 \u2014 almost as many as the 977,509 illegals who entered during the entire year of 2019.<\/p>\n<p>But the average American\u2019s understanding of the problem isn\u2019t even in the right ballpark. A recent Harvard\/Harris poll found that 21% of Americans believe that \u201cless than 10,000\u201d illegal immigrants cross the United States a month. More than half of all Americans erroneously think the number is lower than 50,000 illegals a month, less than one-third of the real number.<\/p>\n<p>In all, more than four in five Americans undercount the sheer size and proportion of the illegal immigrant population crossing the border every single month since Joe Biden\u2019s inauguration, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/ca678077bc522bd7bd74bacbf\/files\/791aa6f6-03a6-a154-3130-1b4eb065a3da\/HHP_June_21_Preso_FINAL.pdf\">recent<\/a> Harvard CAPS\/Harris poll. Only 7% accurately report the average number of illegal border crossings is between 150,000 and 200,000 a month \u2014 perhaps because even seasoned border officials cannot believe it.<\/p>\n<p>Border Agent John Anfinsen told the CBS affiliate in Dallas-Fort Worth that he sees more than three times as many illegal crossings in the Del Rio area than in any normal year. \u201cOn a weekly basis we are somewhere between 6,000 to 7,000 in a week, where in years past, 2,000 would be a lot,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/dfw.cbslocal.com\/2021\/07\/09\/out-of-control-u-s-border-patrol-agent-says-up-to-7k-migrants-crossing-illegally-each-week\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A separate YouGov poll <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.cdn.yougov.com\/n57a94b7ll\/econToplines.pdf\">found<\/a> that Americans see the border in a crisis state, a word the administration has studiously avoided. Some of the respondents said that an open border creates a \u201cdrug smuggling crisis.\u201d Customs and Border Patrol have seized 201,857 pounds of hard narcotics \u2014 cocaine, fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine \u2014 this year. (The U.S. seized just over 250,000 pounds of those drugs in all of 2019.)<\/p>\n<p>Others says illegal immigration creates a \u201ccriminal crisis.\u201d In the last month alone, agents have arrested members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/local-media-release\/rgv-border-patrol-agents-arrest-gang-member-and-two-child-sexual\">MS-13<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/local-media-release\/border-patrol-agents-arrest-convicted-sure-o-gang-member\">Sure\u00f1o<\/a> gangs \u2014 as well as a previously deported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/local-media-release\/previously-deported-rapist-arrested-border-patrol\">rapist<\/a>, a registered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/local-media-release\/yuma-agents-arrest-registered-sex-offender\">sex offender<\/a>, a convicted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/local-media-release\/child-rapist-arrested-border-rgv\">child rapist<\/a>, and multiple others convicted of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/local-media-release\/criminal-migrants-return-us\">sexual offenses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Still others say an uncontrolled border represents a \u201cnational security crisis.\u201d Between January and April, Border Patrol agents arrested two Yemeni nationals on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/cbp-press-release-arrest-of-yemeni-border-terror-watch-list\">terror watch list<\/a> who illegally crossed the El Centro section in California.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact that the illegal immigration crisis at America\u2019s southern border has grown to historic proportions under the Biden-Harris administration, the media have devoted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2021\/05\/12\/immigration-was-a-top-focus-of-early-biden-coverage-especially-among-outlets-with-right-leaning-audiences\/\">36% less coverage<\/a> to immigration under Joe Biden than during the same period under Donald Trump; the largest reduction has come mostly from left- and center-leaning media outlets. CNN and MSNBC spent 20% as much time reporting on immigration\/the southern border as Fox News. \u201cNearly all (46) of the top 50 stories about the situation at the border in [mid-March] have come from conservative media, according to data from NewsWhip,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/border-crisis-biden-media-8de97054-4157-4c6a-8b5a-40e4ac7c0fa6.html\">reported<\/a> Axios.<\/p>\n<p>The Harvard CAPs\/Harris poll presented a litany of bad news for the Biden administration:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When asked who\u2019s to blame, Americans say the fault rests squarely with the president and vice president. The poll found that 61% of Americans blame the immigration crisis on Joe Biden, twice as many as blame former President Donald Trump;<\/li>\n<li>Immigration is the third most important issue facing the country, ahead of healthcare, race relations, the environment, policing, and income inequality;<\/li>\n<li>74% of Americans say illegal immigration at the border is a \u201ccrisis that needs to be addressed immediately\u201d;<\/li>\n<li>The American people were split 50-50 on whether Biden really wanted to enforce more \u201chumane\u201d immigration laws or if he\u2019s \u201ccreating an open border\u201d;<\/li>\n<li>68% of Americans think Joe Biden\u2019s policies encourage illegal immigration;<\/li>\n<li>More than two-thirds of Americans (67%) oppose the \u201ccatch-and-release\u201d policy, saying that illegal immigrants captured by law enforcement should be \u201cturned back to Mexico\u201d rather than \u201creleased into the U.S. with a court date\u201d; and<\/li>\n<li>Once appraised of the proper number of illegal entries, 63% of Americans say the president should \u201c[i]ssue new, stricter policies to reduce the flow of people across the border.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The call for stricter border security and more stringent application of immigration laws, echoes the sentiments of those who know the border best: the Border Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny physical barrier that we put up will help,\u201d&nbsp;Anfinsen told CBS. \u201cUntil we deal with things like businesses that employ people who are illegally present in the U.S., until we deal with an asylum system that is, frankly, being abused, there is no incentive for people to not come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And as long as the illegal immigration issue is bad for Biden\/Harris and Pelosi\/Schumer, there is no incentive for the legacy media to cover it.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks in large part to the media\u2019s decision to ignore the crisis at the U.S. border, 85% of Americans think the number of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314471,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233895330.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Poll: 85% Of Americans Underestimate The Number Of Illegal Border Crossings Under Biden","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-588792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233895330.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Poll: 85% Of Americans Underestimate The Number Of Illegal Border Crossings Under Biden","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588792","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}