POLL: 53% of Hispanics Want All Illegal Immigrants Deported

A new survey has found that there is broad-based support for a national mass deportation program among the American electorate.

According to a CBS News/YouGov poll of registered voters conducted earlier this month, 62% of Americans support and just 38% oppose a “a new national program to deport all undocumented immigrants currently living in the U.S. illegally.”

The crosstabs yield even more surprising results. Several Democratic-leaning demographics also expressed support for such a policy, including 58% of both women and those with at least a four-year college degree. Perhaps most notably, a staggering 53% of Hispanic voters say they would favor the program described. That’s less than the 67% of white respondents who said the same, but more than the 47% of Black respondents who would back the program.

The survey results track with others trendlines that show presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump gaining ground with Hispanics and the wider electorate growing increasingly concerned with the state of the United States’ southern border.

CNN data and elections analyst Harry Enten has marveled at Trump’s appeal to Hispanics and especially his advantage over President Joe Biden with them on the issue of immigration.

“If you ask Hispanic voters, who do they trust more on border security and immigration? Overwhelmingly, they trust Donald Trump more, by a tremendous margin,” explained Enten. “Look at that: 49% to 24%. And that is in line with what we’re seeing in the polls in general amongst Hispanics, right? Joe Biden won them overwhelmingly back in 2020 and won by over 20 percentage points. Democrats normally carry them overwhelmingly. If you look at the polling right now, in an average of polling amongst Hispanic voters, who did they choose in the ballot test? It’s barely Biden, Biden by about two points.”

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