Twenty-nine percent (29%) of voters are in favor of providing payments to illegal immigrants who were separated from their family. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 60% are opposed and 11% are not sure.
Those totals include 12% who Strongly Favor the payments and 48% who are Strongly Opposed.
Survey respondents were informed that the Trump administration’s policies caused some illegal immigrants to be separated from their families. Additionally, they were told that the Biden administration is now considering payments of up to $450,000 to each person who was separated from their family.
Republicans oppose the payments by a 77% to 18% margin. Among Independent voters, 61% are oppose while just 23% favor the payments.
However, Democrats have a different view. By a 48% to 40% margin, those in President Biden’s party favor payments to illegal immigrants who were separated from their family.
Among those who prefer policies like those of Senator Bernie Sanders, 53% favor the payments while 34% are opposed. The numbers are reversed among those who favor traditional Democratic policies. Among those voters, 33% favor the payments and 57% are opposed.
As on many issues, there is also a divide between White Democrats and Black Democrats. By a 49% to 41% margin, White Democrats favor the payments. On the other hand, Black Democrats oppose the payments by a 45% to 35% margin.
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Question:
The Trump administration’s policies caused some illegal immigrants to be separated from their families. The Biden administration is now considering payments of up to $450,000 to each person who was separated from their family. Do you favor or oppose providing payments to illegal immigrants who were separated from their family?
12% Strongly favor
17% Somewhat favor
12% Somewhat oppose
48% Strongly oppose
11% Not sure
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 Registered Voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on November 8-11, 2021. Field work for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. Certain quotas were applied, and the sample was lightly weighted by geography, gender, age, race, education, internet usage, and political party to reasonably reflect the nation’s population of Registered Voters. Other variables were reviewed to ensure that the final sample is representative of that population.
