Most Americans think surge of illegal border crossings is a crisis

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Eighty percent consider illegal immigration to be a "serious" problem, and 43 percent responded that it is a "very serious" one.
62% : They told the other states that help is needed to respond to the surge in illegal migration and "the accompanying threats to private property and to the safety of our citizens."
52% : The Border Patrol apprehends thousands of unaccompanied children every month at the border with Mexico: 5,688 in January; 9,269 in February; 18,724 in March; 16,910 in April; and 13,906 in May.
50% : Most voters (68 percent) think that Biden's immigration executive orders encourage illegal immigration, and 55 percent think that his border policies are increasing the flow of drugs and crime into the United States.
45% : What they say versus what we hear on the border situation MORE last month asking them to take immediate action to end the crisis at the southern border.
44% : Border security measures are meaningless when the people who are deported today can come back tomorrow.
38% : Enforcement actions are limited to deportable aliens who pose a threat to national security, border security, or public safety.

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