Only 15% support deporting DREAMers
Posted on: September 5, 2017 at 16:29:43 CT
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Voters overwhelmingly support allowing undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children to stay in the country, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll, placing President Donald Trump’s decision to wind down the controversial Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program at odds with public opinion.
A majority of voters, 58 percent, think these undocumented immigrants, sometime known as Dreamers, should be allowed to stay and become citizens if they meet certain requirements — a sentiment which goes well beyond the existing DACA program. Another 18 percent think they should be allowed to stay and become legal residents, but not citizens. Only 15 percent of voters think these undocumented immigrants should be removed or deported from the country.