President Joe Biden participates in a CNN Town Hall with Anderson Cooper Monday, Feb. 16, 2021, at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Official White House photo by Adam Schultz)
The blame for the illegal immigration calamity now surging on America's southern border goes to President Biden, according to voters in dozens of swing districts surveyed by Heritage Action.
And they are ready to punish Democrats in the 2022 midterms.
The results come from Heritage Action for America and were provided to Paul Bedard's Washington Secrets.
Surveyed were 16 battleground congressional districts in 15 states as well as 16 suburban swing counties in 10 battlegrounds states.
Bedard reported, "Notable throughout the poll, provided to Secrets, is majority-Hispanic agreement that the immigration disaster is Biden's fault and that Democrats will pay a price in the election."
Fifty-six percent of those in congressional battleground districts said that believe Biden's decision to demolish President Trump's work on a secure border caused the crisis of illegal immigrant. In suburban swing counties, 57% agreed.
Fifty-five percent of independents agreed, as did 90% of Republicans and 58% of Hispanics. Only among Democrats, where even 16% agreed, was there significant opposition to blaming Biden for the crisis created by his policies.
"These polls prove that Americans of both parties are rejecting Biden's open-borders agenda by wide margins," said Jessica Anderson, executive director of Heritage Action. "Voters rightly blame Biden's failed immigration policies for the border crisis by wide margins and are very concerned with the effects of illegal immigration on America's social services, taxpayer burden, and public safety."
She said. "Americans know what the administration refuses to admit: the border is in crisis, and Biden's weak policies are to blame."
Ken Cuccinelli, former acting deputy Homeland Security secretary and a Heritage fellow, noted the crisis is a result of the "Biden effect."
The poll showed that 50% of those in congressional battleground districts, and 48% of those in suburban swing counties, are less likely to support Democrat candidates in the 2022 congressional races.
Independents, Republicans and Hispanics were in unanimity again, with 48% of independents, 83% of Republicans and 46% of Hispanics in opposition to Democrats.
Also, 67% of those from congressional battleground districts and 65% of those from swing suburban counties agreed with Trump's plan to require asylum seekers to wait outside the United States until their claim is processed. And 88% of those in congressional battleground districts and 90% of those in suburban swing counties rejected the idea of illegal immigrants voting.
"Residents in key swing districts are angry about the historic border crisis, blame President Joe Biden for it, and stand ready to make the Democrats pay for it in the 2022 midterm elections, according to a broad new survey on the illegal immigration calamity," Bedard explained.
He continued, "Biden’s election, his signaling of an open-border policy, an end to Trump’s policy of keeping migrants in Mexico awaiting approval to enter, and his suspension of deporting criminal illegal immigrants in the nation have resulted in the biggest surge over the border in 20 years."
The numbers reveal the story, he said.
"Just last month, 172,000 people were 'apprehended' at the border, and thousands likely sneaked into the country undetected. In just two months, 272,441 have crossed, often surrendering to overwhelmed U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials. The surge is so great that U.S. officials have placed arrows at popular border crossings directing illegal immigrants to U.S. processing centers."
"Americans support the common-sense immigration policies of the Trump administration, including the remain-in-Mexico policy, border wall, and deportations of fraudulent asylum-seekers,” said Anderson.
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