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Six-in-ten Americans worry at least a fair amount about illegal immigration from Mexico

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In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted May 16 to 17, 2023, 58% of Americans said they worry at least a fair amount about illegal immigrants entering the U.S. from Mexico. Including 35% who said a great deal and 24% who said a fair amount.

About four-in-ten said they worry only a little or not at all (42%), with 21% who said only a little and 21% who said not at all.

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58% of Americans worry at least a fair amount about illegal immigration from Mexico.

How much do you personally worry about illegal immigrants entering the United States from Mexico?

  • A great deal 34.8%
  • A fair amount 23.5%
  • Only a little 21.0%
  • Not at all 20.6%

2023 · base n 1,000 · +/- 3.3%

AAPOR 2023 Omnibus Survey #2023-036

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Methodology

Full methodology
Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
Field dates
2023-05-16 → 2023-05-17
Base (unweighted)
1,000
Margin of error
+/- 3.3%
Module
AAPOR 2023 Omnibus Survey #2023-036

Source

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Citation

AAPOR 2023 Omnibus Survey #2023-036, fielded May 16-17, 2023, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.3%.

https://reports.verasight.io/reports/aapor-2023-omnibus-survey-2023-036#how-much-do-you-personally-worry-about-illegal-immigrants-entering-the-united-states-from-mexico

Verasight survey methodology

How Verasight conducts surveys.

This page describes the Verasight general survey contract, separate from how the Data Library packages it. Each wave's specific field dates, sample sizes, and module breakdown are listed in that wave's report.

Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting.
Population
US adults age 18+.
Sample design
Surveys are run as omnibus or single-topic waves. Omnibus waves are split into modules with their own respondent set, typically around one thousand respondents per module.
Field window
Each wave specifies its own field dates. Most omnibus waves field across roughly two weeks.
Weighting
Per-module weighting to CPS targets including age, race and ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, and metropolitan status.
Partisanship benchmark
Pew Research Center's NPORS benchmarking surveys, three-year running average.
Vote benchmark
2024 presidential vote population benchmarks.
Margin of error
Typically about plus or minus 3.4 to 3.6 percent per module at standard module sizes. Question-level MoE is recomputed when a base shrinks materially below the module baseline.
Reporting
Every wave is published as a standalone report at verasight.io/reports with full instrument and methodology.
Transparency
AAPOR transparency standards.

Wave-specific methodology, full weighting variable lists, and verbatim instrument text live in each report at verasight.io/reports.