POLL: Plurality of Texas Latinos Support Lowering Immigration Levels
Richard Moorhead
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New polling from the University of Texas shows a plurality of Texans support lowering immigration levels to the United States, including a plurality of Texas Latinos.
The polling was conducted in April 2020 under the auspices of the Texas Politics Project.
The poll data reveals that 39% of respondents believe America is admitting “too many” immigrants, while 29% believe the country is admitting “just the right amount.” Only 19% believe the United States is admitting “too few” immigrants.”
Polling for Latinos, a demographic that skews Democratic, shows opinion similar to that of the general public. 37% of Texas Latinos believe too many immigrants are being admitted to the United States, whereas 31% and 18% believe the nation is admitting the right amount and too few respectively.
The data could represent a wrench in the plans of Texas Democrats and progressives, some of whom speak openly of their plans to turn the conservative redoubt blue through a program of mass immigration with the cooperation of major corporations and business interests seeking cheap labor.
44% of White voters support lowering immigration levels, and 26% of Black voters do as well.
There’s additional polling that suggests considerable support for immigration enforcement and reduction policies within the Hispanic community, dispelling a Democratic narrative that all Hispanic voters support amnesty for illegal immigrants and opening the borders. A February Pew Research poll revealed that a majority of Hispanic voters reject the premise that the United States is obligated to admit Central American refugees to the country, a phenomenon increasingly seen through the arrival of massive migrant ‘caravans’ at the southern border.
Even more overwhelming support for immigration restriction has emerged in the light of the Chinese coronavirus epidemic, with some polls showing that 80% of Americans support an immigration moratorium in the light of the unprecedented economic situation caused by the disease.
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