Major­i­ty Of Amer­i­cans Sup­port Build­ing Bor­der Wall, Increas­ing Depor­ta­tions, Penal­iz­ing Busi­ness­es That Hire Ille­gal Immi­grants

A major­i­ty of Amer­i­cans are in favor of sev­er­al dif­fer­ent poli­cies aimed at stop­ping ille­gal immi­gra­tion, includ­ing build­ing a wall on the south­ern bor­der, deport­ing more ille­gal immi­grants, and penal­iz­ing the busi­ness­es that hire them, a recent poll found.
The pub­lic opin­ion sur­vey, con­duct­ed by Chica­go Coun­cil on Glob­al Affairs and Ipsos in ear­ly April, found a sig­nif­i­cant par­ti­san divide over immi­gra­tion pol­i­cy, though a major­i­ty believe that a num­ber of mea­sures should be tak­en to cur­tail ille­gal immi­gra­tion.
A slim major­i­ty of respon­dents, 54 per­cent, said that they favor con­tin­u­ing con­struc­tion of the bor­der wall. The ques­tion had the most pro­nounced par­ti­san split, with 87 per­cent of Repub­li­cans and just 28 per­cent of Democ­rats sup­port­ing the pol …