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Immigration Poll Finds Deep Divide Over Trump's Agenda

None of the president's major immigration policies get majority support in a new NPR-Ipsos poll — but Republicans strongly back the border wall, the travel ban, and changes to legal immigration.
Activists listen while mayors speak to the press outside the Tornillo Port of Entry in Tornillo, Texas.

Many of President Trump's immigration policies are deeply unpopular, including recent efforts to deter illegal immigration by separating migrant families at the border, according to a new NPR-Ipsos poll.

But Americans are polarized in their attitudes about immigrants and the U.S. system for admitting them, the polls shows, with Republicans much more likely to support the president's policies, including the travel ban, the border wall, and changes to legal immigration.

"There's such stark differences between Democrats and Republicans on these issues, just worlds apart," said pollster Chris Jackson, a vice president with Ipsos Public Affairs,

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