Poll Finds Significant GOP Support for Military-Run Immigrant Camps
- Nearly half of Republican voters agree that the United States military should put undocumented immigrants into internment camps until they can be deported, according to a new survey conducted by Public Religion Research Institute’s post-election survey.
- Republican voters were more than twice as likely as independents and over five times as likely as Democrats to support this policy.
- The PRRI survey revealed that voters with authoritarian tendencies were six times more likely to support such policies than those rejecting authoritarianism .
- PRRI President Robert P. Jones highlighted that while most Americans oppose this idea, its popularity within a major political party is concerning.
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As Trump Boasts of Immigrant Roundups, Militias Are Standing By
President-elect Donald Trump has reaffirmed that once he takes office he plans to declare a national emergency and use the military on American streets to accomplish his promises to round up and deport millions of undocumented migrants. Some militia units may see it as their duty to assist with such efforts. In fact, local police may even deputize certain militias to help them deport immigrants. The post As Trump Boasts of Immigrant Roundups, Mi…
Nearly half of Republicans support military sending illegal immigrants to internment camps
Nearly half of Republicans support President-elect Donald Trump deploying U.S. military forces to detain undocumented immigrants in internment camps until they can be deported, according to a new poll.The findings suggest that Trump’s controversial mass deportation program – which he has acknowledged includes plans to declare a national emergency and use “military assets” to support operations – has the backing of his base even as the program is…
46% of GOP voters support military detaining migrants illegally in US: Survey
Nearly half of Republican voters believe the U.S. military should put immigrants living in the U.S. illegally into internment camps until they can be deported. The data comes from a new survey conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). Republican voters were more than twice as likely as independents (19%) and over five times as likely as Democrats (8%) to support this policy. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection numbe…
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