{"id":24888,"date":"2021-08-12T08:02:04","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T12:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=24888"},"modified":"2021-08-12T08:02:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T12:02:07","slug":"biden-border-plummet-polls-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/08\/12\/biden-border-plummet-polls-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Losing the Middle: Independents Give President Biden Failing Marks on Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Another day, another poll showing that Americans strongly disapprove of President Biden\u2019s handling of the border crisis. This latest survey, released August 4 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/morningconsult.com\/2021\/08\/04\/biden-approval-independents-covid-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\">from the Morning Consult\/Politico<\/a>, gives Biden his lowest approval numbers yet from independent voters. Of those unaffiliated voters canvassed, only 44 percent approved of the president\u2019s overall performance so far in office, with 49 percent disapproving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Biden administration was unable\nto gain majority support on any issue polled, but the numbers were especially\ndismal regarding immigration thanks to the self-created and ever-growing crisis\nraging at the southern border. Overall, 54 percent of voters disapproved of the\nadministration\u2019s handling of the immigration issue, with only a meager 30\npercent approving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, this poll was conducted almost entirely <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/health-immigration-coronavirus-pandemic-a361bb903e71011432012d11ac33f9fc\">bef<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/health-immigration-coronavirus-pandemic-a361bb903e71011432012d11ac33f9fc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"o (opens in a new tab)\">o<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/health-immigration-coronavirus-pandemic-a361bb903e71011432012d11ac33f9fc\">re<\/a> news broke that more than 210,000 individuals were likely apprehended along the southern border in July \u2013 a 21st century record. President Biden\u2019s polling numbers on the immigration issue continue to drop as the crisis rages to record levels and \u2013 unless moderate voters appreciate record border apprehensions \u2013 this latest news does not signal any relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, instead of re-instating effective Trump-era programs, such as the Migrant Protection Protocols, or canceling migrant-attracting policies like \u201ccatch and release,\u201d the administration continues to promote an agenda that promises to worsen the crisis. Furthermore, help shouldn\u2019t be expected from Congress anytime soon, as Democrats continue their plans to attach an amnesty for 10 million or more illegal aliens onto a $3.5 trillion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/senate-passes-framework-of-3-5-trillion-budget-reconciliation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">budget reconciliation proposal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Americans are making their\ndisapproval known. However, the Biden administration, along with Democrats in Congress,\ndon\u2019t seem to care. They continue to ignore the pressing needs of their constituents\nand are instead catering to the mass-migration lobby\u2019s ever-growing wish list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another day, another poll showing that Americans strongly disapprove of President Biden\u2019s handling of the border crisis. This latest survey, released August 4 from the Morning Consult\/Politico, gives Biden his lowest approval numbers yet from independent voters. Of those unaffiliated voters canvassed, only 44 percent approved of the president\u2019s overall performance so far in office,<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/08\/12\/biden-border-plummet-polls-immigrationreform-com\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":24889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[4],"tags":[11112,1524,12015,10892],"yst_prominent_words":[2122,2140,5406,10470,2043,3304,3461,12014,1963,11422,2306,2003,3783,3508,1942,3344,3178,2862,3445],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24888"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24888"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24891,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24888\/revisions\/24891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24888"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=24888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}