WaPo Poll Finds Majority Of Mexicans Want Illegal Immigrants Deported
http://www.dailywire.com/news/49611/wapo-poll-finds-majority-mexicans-want-illegal-hank-berrien
By Hank Berrien
The Daily Wire
July 17, 2019
Much to the chagrin of The Washington Post, their own poll of roughly 1,200 Mexicans found that a majority say immigrants are a burden on their country and favor deporting migrants who travel through Mexico to reach U.S.
The Washington Post/Reforma survey asked, "What should Mexico do with the migrants from Central America that cross through the country trying to reach the United States? Give them residency in Mexico, give them temporary residency while the United States decides if it will accept them or not, or deport them to their countries of origin?"
Only 7% of respondents said they would like the illegal immigrants to stay; 33% said they would prefer giving them a temporary place to stay, and a whopping 55% said they wanted to see the illegal immigrants deported.
Further, the pollsters asked, "With which of these phrases do you agree the most? The migrants strengthen our country with their work and skills or the migrants are a burden on our country because they take jibs and receive benefits that should belong to Mexicans." Only 20% of respondents felt the migrants strengthened Mexico while a huge 64% said the migrants were a burden.
The Post admitted, "Those findings defy the perception that Mexico - a country that has sent millions of its own migrants to the United States, sending billions of dollars in remittances - is sympathetic to the surge of Central Americans. Instead, the data suggests Mexicans have turned against the migrants transiting through their own country, expressing antipathy that would be familiar to many supporters of President Trump north of the border." ...
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