Most presidents enjoy a significant\n\u201choneymoon period\u201d when they first take office. This is typically due to a variety\nof reasons, such as Americans trying to be upbeat about change, a desire for\nunity, and the incoming president immediately moving to implement their most\npopular campaign promises. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, this hasn\u2019t been the case for most of President Biden\u2019s moves on immigration. According to a new poll<\/a> by the Morning Consult, most of his immigration-related executive orders have garnered approval ratings under 50 percent. And the unpopularity of these orders don\u2019t appear to be rooted in blind partisanship, considering that the same survey revealed his actions on COVID-19 enjoy strong bi-partisan support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president\u2019s least popular executive\norder by far was his decision to drastically increase the refugee cap from 15,000\nto at least 110,000. Only 39 percent of Americans approved of this change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The other immigration-related executive\norders that didn\u2019t gather more than 50 percent support included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n It shouldn’t surprise anyone that\nthese executive actions rank among President Biden’s least popular moves. As\nthe United States continues to recover from the devastating effects of the\nCOVID-19 pandemic, most citizens want the federal government to dedicate as\nmany federal resources as possible to struggling Americans, not foreign\nnationals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, ending the Migrant\nProtection Protocols (referred to in the survey as the \u201cremain in Mexico\u201d\ndoctrine) will assuredly increase asylum fraud. This decision not only harms\nU.S. citizens, but it also means that those making valid asylum claims will\nhave to wait much longer \u2013 several years in many cases \u2013 to have their claims\napproved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, ending the travel restrictions from terror-prone countries holds no strategic value for the United States, and will threaten national security. The Biden administration falsely claims that these restrictions were put in place solely as an act of xenophobia against Muslim-majority countries. However, the countries included in the original order were first listed as \u201ccountries of concern\u201d by the Obama administration<\/a> \u2013 when Biden was Vice-President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All these executive orders place the interests of foreigners ahead of U.S. citizens. And, based on the results of this survey, Americans know that. The Biden administration should take this as a lesson that voters don\u2019t respond well to their needs being ignored. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Most presidents enjoy a significant \u201choneymoon period\u201d when they first take office. This is typically due to a variety of reasons, such as Americans trying to be upbeat about change, a desire for unity, and the incoming president immediately moving to implement their most popular campaign promises. However, this hasn\u2019t been the case for most<\/p>\n