Poll Shift: Plurality Says Migration Makes U.S. ‘Worse Off’; Barbara Jordan Vindicated as Americans’ Perceptions of Immigration Take a Negative Turn

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Poll Shift: Plurality Says Migration Makes U.S. ‘Worse Off’:

A plurality of Americans say immigration is making the country “Worse off.”

The polling data reveals a large 28-point shift since late 2019 in public judgment about the value of the government’s decades-long policy of pulling economic migrants into Americans’ society.

Thirty-five percent of the respondents said immigration makes the United States “Worse off,” while 31 percent said immigration makes the U.S. “Better off,” according to the July 23-26 poll of 1,500 citizens.

“The number of Americans who believe that immigration has made the United States worse off has nearly doubled in less than three years, while the percentage who thought it made America better off dropped by nearly a quarter,” noted Andrew Arthur, a former immigration judge who now works with the Center for Immigration Studies. He added:

What could account for that change? The most obvious explanation is [President Joe Biden’s] migrant surge that has created a national-security and humanitarian catastrophe at the Southwest border.

In a prior YouGov poll in September 2019, the “Worse off” number was 19 percent, and the “Better off” number was 43 percent.

The 2019 to 2022 turnaround adds up to a 28-point shift in views.

In both polls, 37 percent picked “Not sure” or “Doesn’t make much difference.” --->READ MORE HERE

Barbara Jordan Vindicated as Americans’ Perceptions of Immigration Take a Negative Turn:

“If we cannot control illegal immigration, we cannot sustain our national interest in legal immigration”

The UK journal The Economist and the opinion outfit YouGov conducted a largely overlooked poll that included questions about various immigration proposals. That poll revealed that perceptions of immigration have taken a negative turn—likely due to what the editorial board at Bloomberg Opinion termed “Biden’s Border Fiasco”. That poll vindicates the late Barbara Jordan, who warned: “If we cannot control illegal immigration, we cannot sustain our national interest in legal immigration.”

Does Immigration Make the U.S. Better Off, or Worse? The Economist/YouGov poll of 1,500 U.S. citizens aged 18 and older was conducted between July 23 and 26. It asked respondents, “In general, do you think immigration makes the U.S. better off or worse off, or does it not make much difference?”

Thirty-one percent of those polled stated that immigration makes the United States better off, 35 percent responded that it makes the country worse off, 22 percent asserted that it doesn’t make much difference, and 12 percent weren’t sure. In other words, a plurality viewed immigration negatively, and more than half—57 percent—were either negative or ambivalent about immigration.

Compare that to an earlier poll, also by The Economist/YouGov with the same sample size (1,500 U.S. adult citizens) conducted between September 1 and 3, 2019, in which respondents were asked the same question.

In that poll, a plurality (43 percent) said immigration made the United States better off, 23 percent thought it didn’t make much difference, 19 percent responded that immigration made the country worse off, and 14 percent weren’t sure.

Put differently, the number of Americans who believe that immigration has made the United States worse off has nearly doubled in less than three years, while the percentage who thought it made America better off dropped by nearly a quarter. --->READ MORE HERE

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