A strong majority of Americans believe that President-elect Donald Trump will keep illegal immigration in check as the newly elected president faces a historic mass deportation campaign and additional border security measures when he takes office this month.
A Gallup poll The report released Thursday shows that 68% of Americans predict Trump will control illegal immigration. Only 28% of respondents said he would not.
Trump made tackling illegal immigration a cornerstone of his presidential bid as the country reeled from a historic migrant crisis at the southern border.
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“We are going to repair our borders. We are going to fix everything about our country,” he said after winning the November elections.
This photo shows migrants at the southern border encountered in Arizona. (US Border Patrol)
Trump has promised the “largest domestic deportation operation in American history.”
The former president has also pledged to invoke the Alien Enemies Act to “remove from the United States any known or suspected gang members, drug dealers or cartel members” and shift law enforcement to immigration enforcement. He has also pledged to resume construction of a wall on the southern border. Construction began during his first administration but was largely halted by the Biden administration.
Fox Digital has previously reported on plans to use monitor only among those who cannot be taken into custody and the possibility of expanding immigration detention near major urban areas. Trump has appointed former acting ICE director Tom Homan as border czar and nominated South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem as the next secretary of homeland security.
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President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump arrive at his Mar-A-Lago Club on New Year’s Eve on December 31, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images)
Other issues where respondents think Trump will be successful include reducing unemployment (60%), protecting the US from terrorism (60%), improving the economy (58%) and getting out of war love the country (55%).
The majority also believe that Trump will cut taxes, reduce the crime rate and “increase respect for the United States abroad.”
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However, respondents were less convinced that Trump will heal healthcare (40%), the environment (35%) and the country’s political divisions (33%).
A Fox News poll in December it appeared that a majority of voters were enthusiastic about the new government. At least half said they were hopeful (54%) or relieved (50%), and just under half were excited (48%).
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The survey shows that the economy remains the top issue (34%), with immigration and border security a distant second (21%). No other issue reached double digits, including abortion (7%), which was a top issue all year.
