Even in blue-leaning New York, a majority of residents want the US government to build a wall along the southern border with Mexico to curb illegal immigration, a new poll reveals.
A Siena College poll released Tuesday found that about 4 in 10 New York State respondents — 41% — support the border wall championed by former Republican President Donald Trump and abandoned by his successor, Democratic President Biden.
Half of New Yorkers — 50% — say they oppose a border wall spanning the entire southern border, with the remainder undecided.
Even in the immigrant-heavy metropolis of New York City, 38% of residents say they support a border wall, as do 35% of Latinos.
New York City and the Empire State are considered “sanctuary” governments that welcome undocumented immigrants who came here illegally.
New Yorkers from neighborhoods across the city are protesting the placement of tents at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn.ZUMAPRESS.com
There is a partisan divide — 77% of Republicans support a border wall compared to 24% of Democrats and 42% of respondents are unaffiliated or independent.
Likewise, 42% of respondents said they believe immigrants “take more resources than they return in economic activity or taxes”, while 48% disagree, with the rest undecided.
Meanwhile, nearly 4 in 10 residents — 38% — say “current immigrants to the United States are the cause of most illegal drugs entering our country,” while 53% disagree.
Almost a third of the population — 31% — said they believed “many people trying to immigrate to the United States are dangerous, potentially criminal”, while almost two-thirds or 62% disagreed.
A monsoon gate on the border wall near Lukeville, Arizona, on August 20, 2023. The area has been welded open, allowing illegal immigrants to enter the United States through the open gate. James Breeden/Shutterstock for the NY Post
More than a third or 36% of voters agree that “immigrants are taking jobs away from Americans who have lived here for years”, while 60% disagree.
Additionally, 35% of respondents said many immigrants “want freebies…and don’t want to work” while 61% disagreed.
“Over 40% of all New Yorkers believe that immigrants take more than they offer to society. About a third believe current immigrants are dangerous, possibly even criminals, just want help and are a source of illegal drugs. But in each of these cases more New Yorkers disagreed with, rather than held, these judgments,” said Siena College polling director Don Levy.
82% of New Yorkers call the influx of migrants a serious problem and 58% want to restrict the flow at the border. Christopher Sadowski
“A large majority of Republicans see immigrants and current immigrants as dangerous but Democrats and independents disagree.”
There is good news for New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul — strong majorities of respondents support their pleas for the federal government to expedite work permits for immigrants and to use federal property like Floyd Bennett Field as a temporary shelter for home asylum seekers.
Residents were asked, “Do you support or oppose making it easier for immigrants currently in New York to be granted work authorization regardless of their current immigration status?”
Nearly 60,000 asylum seekers are now protected by New York City.GNMiller/NYPost
Response: 59% of respondents support speeding up paperwork for immigrants, while 33% oppose.
They were also asked: “Do you support or oppose using federally owned land and buildings as temporary shelters for immigrants now in New York?”
Fifty-six percent of New Yorkers support placing migrant shelters on federal property and facilities, while 36% of residents oppose.
Another question: “Do you support or oppose a comprehensive immigration reform bill that provides a path to citizenship for all undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States?”
41% of New Yorkers support the border wall championed by former Republican President Donald Trump.Getty Images
Sixty percent of New Yorkers agree to allow undocumented immigrants to obtain citizenship, while 30% disagree.
Other statements show that New Yorkers are very pro-immigrant: 85% agree that the US was built by immigrants, 84% say most immigrants who come here want to build a better life, 78% say assimilation has made America great, 72% say immigrants bring a new spirit to the country, 69% said America should continue to live with…`Give me your tired, your poor,’” and 60% said businesses need newcomers to take entry-level jobs to succeed.
“Despite concerns that some New Yorkers have concerns about the recent influx of immigrants, 84% of all New Yorkers agree that most current immigrants just want to build a better life for themselves and their families and 69% agree that America should live up to the words written on the Statue of Liberty, ‘Give me your tired, your poor…send these, homeless, tossed to me’,” said Levy, the Siena scout.
“Undoubtedly, the vast majority of New Yorkers recognize that our country was built by immigrants from almost every country around the world and that assimilating immigrants has made America great,” Levy said. “While nearly a third say that America no longer needs new immigrants, more than half and majorities of both Democrats and Republicans say that businesses need new immigrants to succeed. And, by 60-36%, New Yorkers do not believe that immigrants taking jobs from Americans who have lived here for years.
The relentless influx of immigrants to the Big Apple has stretched resources and sparked a backlash against the opening of shelters in the five boroughs as well as when they are transported to the suburbs.
Immigrants and clear scooters or mopeds outside the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City on September 6, 2023. Christopher Sadowski
Nearly 60,000 asylum seekers are now protected by the city, and about 110,000 have come through the five counties from the southern border since last spring, according to city officials.
A frustrated Mayor Eric Adams said of the immigration crisis, which absent federal and state intervention, “This issue will destroy New York City. Destroy New York City.” Critics accused him of scaremongering.
He also said the rising cost of helping and protecting immigrants has turned into a “financial tsunami,” whose price tag could exceed $12 billion over the next three years.
Adams recently ordered city agencies to plan to cut their budgets by up to 15% by next spring and has called for a hiring freeze and a crackdown on police overtime to help rein in costs to control a huge financial gap exacerbated by the crisis. immigrants
A Siena College poll last month found that 82% of New Yorkers consider the influx of migrants a serious problem and 58% want to restrict the flow at the border.
The latest Siena College survey was conducted from September 5 – 8 and surveyed 414 adults via landline and cell phone, while 386 responses were drawn from a proprietary online panel of New Yorkers. Results have an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.
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