In 2015 U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump issued a proposal to build a wall along the Mexico-U.S. border. The wall would extend along the 1,900 mile border and would prevent illegal goods and people from entering the U.S. In 2013 the Government Accountability Office reported that the border patrol had intercepted 61% of individuals who had attempted to cross the border that year. Analysts say that building a wall along the entire border is impossible since it parts of it contain rocky, uneven terrain. Proponents argue that the wall will cut down on the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs into the U.S. Opponents argue that the wall is impossible to build and illegal immigration into the U.S. has declined significantly since the 2008 financial crisis.
39% Yes |
61% No |
33% Yes |
49% No |
5% Yes, but make it a high-tech surveillance barrier instead of a physical one |
6% No, this would be too costly and ineffective |
1% Yes, and Mexico should pay for it |
4% No, but increase our military presence along the southern border |
1% No, and we should adopt an open border policy |
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1% No, keep the current wall but do not build more of it |
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@8LXM2H33yrs3Y
I don't have enough knowledge for an opinion pertaining to this.
@46492CW3yrs3Y
Yes, but not to keep people out, solely for aesthetic pleasure.
@ISIDEWITH3yrs3Y
No, but increase border patrol, and improve our visa program. A wall would be a waste of money.
@957QQY72yrs2Y
No, but abolish the 1965 immigration system and establish a brand new immigration system that will benefit the American people.
@9438QSR2yrs2Y
No, but we should abolish the 1965 immigration system and establish a brand new immigration system that will benefit the American people.
@9D8TB688mos8MO
No, but increase our military presence along the southern border and the Canadian border and coasts too and we should mobilize the world to put a stop to sex drug and slave trafficking but let migrants across the border
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The percentage of Latinos who say they support building a border wall and deporting all undocumented immigrants has jumped by at least 10 points since 2021, according to the latest Axios-Ipsos Latino Poll in partnership with Noticias Telemundo.Why it matters: The findings suggest former President Trump's calls for more border security — and perhaps his anti-immigrant rhetoric — are registering even among people who may have ties to immigration.The findings also reflect the frustration that has made illegal immigration a top election-year issue for many Americans, and shed light on Republicans' recent inroads among Latinos.The poll arrives as Trump's racist criticisms of immigrants are raising concerns about violence during the 2024 campaign.42% of Latino adults surveyed said they support building a wall or fence along the entire U.S.–Mexico border. That's a 12-point jump from December 2021.38% support sending all undocumented immigrants in the U.S. back to their country of origin — up from 28% in 2021.In addition, 64% of Latinos said they support giving the president the authority to shut U.S. borders if there are too many immigrants trying to enter the country. It was the first time the survey asked this question.Support for building a wall was strongest among Cuban Americans (58%), who generally are more conservative than many other Latinos and have benefited from decades of Cold War-era "special treatment" on immigration.Support for the border wall is lowest among Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans (37%). Only 43% of Central Americans support the wall.Immigration is the third-highest concern among Latinos in this election year, the poll found, behind inflation and crime.Despite the rising number of Latinos who say anyone in the U.S. illegally should be deported, a strong majority (65%) still favor providing them with a path to U.S. citizenship rather than deporting them.59% support allowing refugees fleeing crime and violence in Latin America to claim asylum in the U.S. The poll "illustrates that some immigration hardline positions (are) incrementally more popular" among Latinos, Ipsos pollster and senior vice president Chris Jackson tells Axios.
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A federal court has charged a 31-year-old man from Honduras for possessing more than 124,000 pills of fentanyl.Gustavo Flores-Hernandez, of Salt Lake City, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute and "reentry of a previously removed alien." The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Utah said Flores-Hernandez is a "foreign national living in Utah."According to court documents, the Utah County Major Crimes Task Force executed a search warrant on March 21 at an apartment in Salt Lake City for "an unknown Hispanic male who was distributing controlled substances throughout Salt Lake County." During the search, agents discovered 12,404 grams, or 124,044 pills, of blue pills that tested positive for fentanyl, prosecutors said.A man, later identified as Flores-Hernandez, entered the apartment while detectives were still inside, and he was arrested. He had approximately $9,000 in cash and 50 grams of fentanyl on him at the time of the arrest, court documents say."Flores-Hernandez was interviewed and admitted to detectives that he distributes fentanyl throughout the Salt Lake Valley and that he sends approximately $8,000 per month back to Honduras," court documents state.The indictment states Flores-Hernandez was deported "on or about July 14, 2011, May 9, 2018, and July 16, 2019," and reentered the country without reapplying for admission.
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Plan Includes:-The U.S. commit $20 billion a year to poor countries in Latin America and the Caribbean-Lift sanctions on Venezuela -End the Cuban embargo -Legalize law-abiding Mexicans living in the U.S.
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