# A slim majority are unlikely to protest local immigration enforcement

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/health/roughly-three-quarters-are-unlikely-to-protest-local-immigration-enforcement/

> Indexed question in Health.

## Reading

Faced with the prospect of immigration enforcement in their own community, more Americans would stay home than take to the streets. A slim majority (51%) say they are unlikely to protest if ICE or Border Patrol conducted enforcement locally, including 41% who are very unlikely, according to a March 2026 Verasight survey.

More than a quarter (27%) say they are likely to protest, including 14% who are very likely, while 21% are neither likely nor unlikely and 1% give another answer.

## Topline

If ICE or Border Patrol were to conduct immigration enforcement in your community, how likely or unlikely are you to participate in a protest against their actions?

A slim majority are unlikely to protest local immigration enforcement.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Very unlikely: 40.6%
- Neither likely nor unlikely: 20.8%
- Very likely: 14.0%
- Likely: 12.8%
- Unlikely: 10.9%
- Other: 1.0%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2026-03-06 → 2026-03-16
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.5%
- Module: Module 5: Health, Community, & Personal Values
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/omnibus-2026-044#q-5-27](https://reports.verasight.io/r/omnibus-2026-044#q-5-27)

## Citation

Verasight Client Omnibus Survey #2026-044, fielded March 6-16, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.5%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/omnibus-2026-044#q-5-27](https://reports.verasight.io/r/omnibus-2026-044#q-5-27)