Most Americans are fine with immigrants sending money home
Core finding
Verasight surveyed 1,000 U.S. adults from September 25 to 30, 2026. 61.2% of Americans say immigrants sending part of their earnings to family abroad is acceptable or positive, while 24.8% raise one of the concerns offered.
Some 36.2% say the practice is acceptable because people should be free to use their money as they choose, and 25.0% call it positive. The concerns offered draw 9.5%, 9.3% and 6.1%, and 11.8% do not know enough to say.
Topline distribution
Most Americans are fine with immigrants sending money home.
Thinking about immigrants living and working in the United States who send some of their earnings to family or communities in other countries, which statement is closest to your own opinion?
n = 1,000 · Sep 25–30, 2026 · MoE ±3.3%
Methodology
Full 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 | Sep 25–30, 2026 |
| Base (unweighted) | 1,000 |
| Margin of error | ±3.3% |
| Module | Society, Culture, & Identity |
| Sponsor | Verasight |
| Weight variable | weight |
| Weighting targets | age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status |
Sources
- reports.verasight.io/r/2026-153-apsa-omnibus-report
Thinking about immigrants living and working in the United States who send some of their earnings to family or communities in other countries, which statement is closest to your own opinion?
Cite this question
APSA Omnibus Survey #2026-153, fielded September 25-30, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.3%.