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New Poll: 1 in 5 Democrats trust Republicans more with immigration than their own party

ByAlki David

Apr 9, 2023

Data recently released by Rasmussen Reports shows that one in five Democrats trust Republicans more than their own party when it comes to immigration. This is a significant finding, given the ongoing political debate around the issue and the Biden administration’s efforts to address it.

The data also revealed conflicting views among Democratic voters, with a significant portion of whites and other minority voters trusting Republicans more than Democrats on immigration. Specifically, 52 percent of whites, 35 percent of black voters, and 55 percent of other minorities said they trust Republicans more than Democrats on the issue.

These numbers are sure to concern the Biden administration, which has been working to burnish its credentials on immigration with a series of talking points. Earlier this year, President Biden himself admitted that the record influx of migrants coming through the Southern border has “taken a toll” on his presidency.

According to the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), the largest immigration reform group in the US, a record-breaking 5.5 million people have illegally migrated to the United States since Joe Biden became president. Of those, four million were apprehended at the southern border, while another 1.1 million were counted as “gotaways.”

As immigration continues to be a major issue in American politics, these poll results highlight the importance of finding solutions that can bridge the gap between the two major parties and address the concerns of all voters.

By Alki David

Alki David — Publisher, Media Architect, SIN Network Creator - live, direct-to-public communication, media infrastructure, accountability journalism, and independent distribution. Born in Lagos, Nigeria; educated in the United Kingdom and Switzerland; attended the Royal College of Art. Early internet broadcaster — participated in real-time public coverage during the 1997 Mars landing era using experimental online transmission from Beverly Hills. Founder of FilmOn, one of the earliest global internet television networks offering live and on-demand broadcasting outside legacy gatekeepers. Publisher of SHOCKYA — reporting since 2010 on systemic corruption inside the entertainment business and its expansion into law, finance, and regulation. Creator of the SIN Network (ShockYA Integrated Network), a federated media and civic-information infrastructure spanning investigative journalism, live TV, documentary, and court-record reporting. Lived and worked for over 40 years inside global media hubs including Malibu, Beverly Hills, London, Hong Kong and Gstaad. Early encounter with Julian Assange during the first Hologram USA operations proved a formative turning point — exposing the realities of lawfare, information suppression, and concentrated media power. Principal complainant and driving force behind what court filings describe as the largest consolidated media–legal accountability action on record, now before the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Relocated to Antigua & Barbuda and entered sustained legal, civic, and informational confrontation over media power, safeguarding, and accountability at Commonwealth scale.