[Lauren Taylor]

A NEW SURVEY SHOWS SPLIT PUBLIC OPINION ON WHETHER UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS SHOULD BE DETAINED IN MILITARY-GUARDED CAMPS, WITH A GROWING NUMBER OF AMERICANS BACKING THE PROPOSAL.

A RECENT STUDY FROM THE PUBLIC RELIGION RESEARCH INSTITUTE REVEALS THAT NEARLY HALF OF AMERICANS ARE IN FAVOR OF ROUNDING UP AND DEPORTING UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, EVEN IF IT INVOLVES SETTING UP GUARDED ENCAMPMENTS. WHILE 79-PERCENT OF REPUBLICANS SUPPORT THIS IDEA, FEWER INDEPENDENTS, AT 47-PERCENT, AND ONLY 22-PERCENT OF DEMOCRATS FEEL THE SAME.

THE TOPIC HAS COME TO THE FOREFRONT AS IMMIGRATION REMAINS A CRITICAL ISSUE IN THE LEAD-UP TO THE 2024 ELECTION. ACCORDING TO THE PRRI SURVEY, REPUBLICANS NOW RANK IMMIGRATION AS ONE OF THEIR TOP CONCERNS, WITH MORE THAN 70-PERCENT SAYING IT’S A CRITICAL ISSUE TO THEIR VOTE, A SHARP INCREASE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. 

THE IDEA OF ENCAMPMENTS IS DRAWING STRONG CRITICISM FROM HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS AND MANY DEMOCRATS WHO CALL IT EXTREME AND INHUMANE. OPPONENTS ARGUE THAT SETTING UP MILITARY-GUARDED CAMPS WOULD ECHO SOME OF THE DARKEST PERIODS OF HISTORY AND RAISE SERIOUS ETHICAL CONCERNS.

STILL… SUPPORT FOR TOUGHER IMMIGRATION POLICIES HAS BEEN ON THE RISE. THE SURVEY ALSO FOUND THAT 51-PERCENT OF AMERICANS NOW SUPPORT BUILDING A WALL ALONG THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER… UP FROM 41-PERCENT IN 2016… AND SUPPORT FOR A PATH TO CITIZENSHIP FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS HAS DECLINED.

AS THE NATION HEADS TOWARD ELECTION DAY, IMMIGRATION REMAINS A FLASHPOINT ISSUE. THE SURVEY RESULTS COME AS TRUMP PROMISES TO CARRY OUT MASS DEPORTATIONS USING A LAW MORE THAN TWO CENTURIES OLD… ALLOWING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DETAIN “ENEMY ALIENS” IN TIMES OF WAR.

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FOR STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS… I’M LAUREN TAYLOR.