More than half of U.S. voters support deporting all illegal immigrants in the country according to a new poll from Reuters and Ipsos released on Monday.
The survey found a little over 1 in 3 voters said they support establishing detention camps for illegal immigrants awaiting deportation.
Among the breakdown of voter replies:
- 56% support deporting all illegal immigrants.
- 36% support detention camps for illegal immigrants.
- 54% oppose detention camps for illegal immigrants.
Republicans were far more likely to support deporting all or most illegal immigrants than Democrats or independent voters:
- 85% of Republicans support deporting all or most illegal immigrants.
- 61% of Democrats support deporting all or most illegal immigrants.
- 35% of independents support deporting all or most illegal immigrants.
Republicans were also far more likely to agree with a statement asking if illegal immigrants should be arrested and placed in detention camps while they await a deportation hearing:
- 62% of Republicans said yes.
- 12% of Democrats said yes.
- 35% of independents said yes.
Ipsos surveyed 3,208 registered voters nationwide with a margin of error of +/- 2 percentage points.
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