Breitbart News reports a new Morning Consult poll found that 62 percent of voters, and 61 percent of new U.S. immigrants, support Donald Trump’s proposal to conduct ideological screening as part of immigrant vetting. First and second generation Americans registered slightly higher levels of support.
Breitbart’s Neil Munro notes the “strongly support” numbers on the ideological vetting proposal “are especially important, because they suggest how many people will make up their mind based on that issue. That’s to Trump’s advantages, because his “strong” numbers are 38 percent support to 15 percent strong opposition. Among actual immigrants, his strong numbers are above two-to-one — or 31 percent strong support to 12 percent strong opposition.”
The poll also found that 59 percent of voters support Mr. Trump’s proposal to temporarily ban new immigrants from countries with a history of terrorism. Support among first-generation Americans (68%) was greater than the electorate at large. Only 22 percent of that generation said they oppose it, compared with 27 percent of all voters.
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