Where immigration enforcement draws support
Overview
More adults agree than disagree that the criteria for obtaining US citizenship should be more restrictive.
The same pattern appears on enforcement spending: about 50% agree that the government is spending too little to reduce illegal immigration, while 20% disagree.
Stacked breakdown
44% agree that citizenship criteria should be more restrictive.
The criteria for obtaining US citizenship should be more restrictive.
- Strongly agree
- 25.0%
- Somewhat agree
- 18.4%
- Neither agree nor disagree
- 22.2%
- Somewhat disagree
- 14.1%
- Strongly disagree
- 11.7%
- Don’t know
- 5.2%
- No answer
- 3.3%
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View source dataRestrictive citizenship criteria draw more agreement
About 44% agree that the criteria for obtaining US citizenship should be more restrictive.
About 26% disagree, while 22% neither agree nor disagree.
Stacked breakdown
50% agree that the government spends too little to reduce illegal immigration.
The government is spending too little money to reduce illegal immigration.
- Strongly agree
- 30.5%
- Somewhat agree
- 19.3%
- Neither agree nor disagree
- 22.2%
- Somewhat disagree
- 10.3%
- Strongly disagree
- 9.2%
- Don’t know
- 5.5%
- No answer
- 2.9%
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View source dataEnforcement spending also draws support
About 50% agree that the government spends too little money to reduce illegal immigration.
About 20% disagree, and 22% neither agree nor disagree.
The two measures point in the same direction
The paired results do not measure the same policy, but both show a larger agreement side than disagreement side on restrictive or enforcement-focused immigration statements.
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
- 2024-10-01 → 2024-10-11
- Base (unweighted)
- 1,000
- Margin of error
- +/- 3.4%
- Module
- pol
- Sponsor
- Verasight
- Weight variable
- weight
- Weighting targets
- age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status
Sources
[2]- 01How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement: The criteria for obtaining US citizenship should be more restrictive.Shows views on whether US citizenship criteria should be more restrictive.reports.verasight.io/reports/verasight-apsa-omnibus-survey-2024-103
- 02How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement: The government is spending too little money to reduce illegal immigration.Shows views on whether the government spends too little to reduce illegal immigration.reports.verasight.io/reports/verasight-apsa-omnibus-survey-2024-103
Citation
Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2024-103, fielded October 1-11, 2024, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.4%.
https://reports.verasight.io/reports/verasight-apsa-omnibus-survey-2024-103#q-pol-15