By Manzanita Miller
In response to the open borders assault that the Biden Administration inflicted on the country, Americans are increasingly showing support for so-called “extreme” measures to restore the rule of law and secure the border.
Solutions to the border crisis that have been dismissed in mainstream political circles, such as the mass deportation of millions of illegals and securing the southern border with a wall, are gaining mainstream appeal among voters.
On Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump issued nine separate immigration and border-security executive orders and actions, including Guaranteeing the States Protection Against invasion from illegal aliens, and Designating Cartels as Terrorist Groups. These actions are not truly extreme – President Trump is simply enforcing the law – but doing so is considered extreme in certain circles.
Outside the beltway, the American people are broadly supportive of Trump’s firm response to the illegal immigrant crisis wreaking havoc along our southern border and throughout cities and towns across the country.
Solving the border crisis is one of the primary reasons Americans sent Trump back to the White House – if not the most important reason.
According to a recent YouGov survey on immigration, 31 percent of Americans say their view of Trump improved over the past year, and the main reason for that improvement was Trump’s determination to secure the border and deport criminals.
A full two-thirds of Americans who say their opinion of Trump improved over the past year attribute that improvement to the President’s stance on immigration. The survey also shows that Americans largely agree with Trump’s slate of solutions to solving the border crisis, even those the mainstream claims are extreme.
Americans support Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrant gang members, drug dealers, and cartel members by a fifty-six-point margin, 71 percent to 15 percent. This includes 56 percent of Democrats and 64 percent of independents.
Americans also support the “remain in Mexico” policy, which would force asylum seekers at the southern border to wait in Mexico for their hearings by a thirty-point margin, 56 percent to 26 percent.
Americans support finishing the border wall along the southern border by nine points, 49 percent to 40 percent.
Americans also say they’d support an end to asylum-seeking and closing the border to everyone without legal status by eight points, 48 percent to 40 percent.
While the mainstream media and political pundits are up in arms over Trump’s so-called “extreme” response to the border crisis, most Americans support his wide-reaching response to restoring safety and the rule of law. Support for restoring the rule of law extends far beyond Trump’s core base, with a large share of Democrats and independent voters supporting his policies as well.
Manzanita Miller is the senior political analyst at Americans for Limited Government Foundation.
