Sixty percent of Americans in a new poll support an eight-year path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, a sign of support as Democrats try to push President Biden
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According to the Politico / Morning Consult poll released on Wednesday, 32 per cent of registered voters “strongly support” an eight-year path to citizenship, while another 28 per cent “support”. Twenty-four percent oppose this route, of which 14 percent oppose a “firm” one. Sixteen percent had no opinion.
The poll comes as Democrats face a tough battle to move Biden’s plan to the finish line.
Immigration has long been a third sector of politics, and lawmakers in Congress have declared for years that they want to pass comprehensive immigration reform only to fail because of partisan disputes.
The Democratic bill seeks to provide a path to citizenship for young people whose parents brought them to the United States when they were children, known as Dreamers, to allow immigrant farm workers and those with temporary protection status to quickly earn cards. green and allow undocumented immigrants to obtain green cards. after five years.
Each of the groups could try to get citizenship three years after receiving their green card.
The survey shows that other aspects of the bill beyond the path to citizenship also have the support of the majority of Americans, including the provision of funding to process an accumulation of asylum applications, with a 51%, which establishes a refugee processing infrastructure in Central America (54%). and provide funding to more immigration judges, with 53%.
Despite the support, the White House is expected to have a hard time winning GOP votes for the package, something several Republican lawmakers have already gone through as an effort to reverse the Trump administration’s policies.
The Politico / Morning Consult poll polled 2,013 registered voters from February 19 to 22 and has a 2 percent margin of error.