The increased support for a border wall and tighter border security comes as the U.S. faces a surge of migrants at the U.S. border with Mexico.
A majority of Democrats and Joe Biden voters saying that more needed to be done to secure the border with Mexico. | Manuel Balce Ceneta/APA majority of Americans disapprove of how the government has handled border security and support the construction of a wall on the southern border,
Seventy-one percent of registered voters surveyed said that current levels of security at the U.S. border are not strict enough, with a majority of Democrats and Biden voters saying that more needed to be done to secure the border with Mexico. Eighty-two percent of independents voiced their disapproval with current border policies.
A further 57 percent of those surveyed said they were in favor of building a border wall. Among independents, that number was 53 percent. Forty-nine percent of Hispanic voters and 40 percent of Black voters also voiced their support for the wall. The results are a reversal from past polling, which had consistently shown that most Americans opposed the construction of a wall. Back in January 2019, 58 percent of Americans said they opposed expanding the border wall,But the figures come as the U.S. has struggled to contain an unprecedented influx at the U.S.-Mexico border of migrants from Latin America and other parts of the world fleeing gang violence, political instability and economic malaise.
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