Just 1/3 of Americans back Republican migrant flights, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows

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Only a third of Americans - including half of Republicans and one in six Democrats - say it's OK for state officials to fly or bus migrants to other states, a sign the push by Republican Southern governors to ship foreigners north could backfire with some voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

Republican leaders, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a potential 2024 presidential candidate, are betting their immigration policies and proposals will help motivate their core supporters to vote in the Nov. 8 midterm elections, when they aim to retake control of the U.S. Congress.

The two-day poll concluded on Thursday showed Americans are deeply divided on immigration, even within their political parties.

Only about half of Democratic respondents agreed with a statement that it should be easier for people to immigrate to the United States. A somewhat larger share of Republicans - six in 10 - disagreed.

Following a highly-publicized drive by Republican governors to bus or fly thousands of migrants to Democratic areas in recent months, 53% of Republican respondents in the poll said they supported the practice. Twenty-nine percent opposed it.

Sixteen percent of Democrats supported the practice and 55% were opposed. Overall, 29% of Americans supported the practice and 40% opposed.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican facing reelection in November, has sent roughly 11,500 migrants to Washington, New York and Chicago since April. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, another Republican, has sent more than 1,800 to Washington.

Last week, DeSantis took credit for a flight that carried about 50 migrants to the vacation island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, an affluent haven for liberals where former President Barack Obama has a mansion.

WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Only a third of Americans - including half of Republicans and one in six Democrats - say it's OK for state officials to fly or bus migrants to other states, a sign the push by Republican Southern governors to ship foreigners north could backfire with some voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Republican leaders, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a potential 2024 presidential candidate, are betting their immigration policies and proposals will help motivate their core supporters to vote in the Nov. 8 midterm elections, when they aim to retake control of the U.S. Congress.
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The two-day poll concluded on Thursday showed Americans are deeply divided on immigration, even within their political parties.
Only about half of Democratic respondents agreed with a statement that it should be easier for people to immigrate to the United States. A somewhat larger share of Republicans - six in 10 - disagreed.
Following a highly-publicized drive by Republican governors to bus or fly thousands of migrants to Democratic areas in recent months, 53% of Republican respondents in the poll said they supported the practice. Twenty-nine percent opposed it.

Sixteen percent of Democrats supported the practice and 55% were opposed. Overall, 29% of Americans supported the practice and 40% opposed.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican facing reelection in November, has sent roughly 11,500 migrants to Washington, New York and Chicago since April. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, another Republican, has sent more than 1,800 to Washington.

Venezuelan migrants stand outside St. Andrew's Church in Edgartown, Massachusetts, U.S. September 14, 2022. Ray Ewing/Vineyard Gazette/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Last week, DeSantis took credit for a flight that carried about 50 migrants to the vacation island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, an affluent haven for liberals where former President Barack Obama has a mansion.

Like Abbott, DeSantis is up for re-election in November.
The moves by the governors aim to shift responsibility for border crossers to areas that typically vote Democratic, while demonstrating Republican opposition to the more welcoming border policies of Democratic President Joe Biden.
But leading Democrats, including California Governor Gavin Newsom, said some of the state moves to ship migrants north could be criminal and urged federal prosecutors to investigate.

Migrants on the flight to Martha's Vineyard said they were misled and a sheriff in Texas, where the flight originated, is investigating the incident.

Forty-five percent of respondents in the Reuters/Ipsos poll - including 63% of Democrats and 31% of Republicans - said state leaders transporting migrants were committing illegal migrant trafficking.

The poll, conducted online in English throughout the United States, gathered responses from 1,005 adults, including 449 Democrats and 361 Republicans. It has a credibility interval - a measure of precision - of four percentage points.

 

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The gimmick is done to get backing from extremist Republican party rank and file in order to win the nomination in 2024. Once De S gets the nom, he'll pivot and tell America that he really opposed the stunt the entire time.
 
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But he still has the conflict of interest in the manner in which he used tax payers money to fund a Company that donates big to his campaign that also involves Matt Gaetz!!
 
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The gimmick is done to get backing from extremist Republican party rank and file in order to win the nomination in 2024. Once De S gets the nom, he'll pivot and tell America that he really opposed the stunt the entire time.
Looks like DeSantis knows everyone is looking and has given up trying any more flights.

Trump's plan would have been much worse.
 

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Trump's plan would have been much worse.
I doubt that any "migrants suspected of violence" would be at liberty to roam at will.

They would be charged with offences and placed under bail conditions that didn't allow them to move to another state. Trump is an idiot.
 
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Most people do not live in one of the few affected border states so of course they prefer this policy remain someone else's problem.

If Biden is going to open up the flood gates, he should let the migrants choose which sanctuary city they would like to live in.
 
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Most people do not live in one of the few affected border states so of course they prefer this policy remain someone else's problem.

If Biden is going to open up the flood gates, he should let the migrants choose which sanctuary city they would like to live in.
He's not going to 'open up the flood gates'.
That's just GOP/Fox scaremongering.
 
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Most people do not live in one of the few affected border states
This is true.
DeSantis was complaining about how Abbot lives on a border state and can therefore complain about immigrants all the time.
Abbot, of course, is mad that DeSantis stole some of his immigrants and did the "ship them to own the libs" better by hiring his own camera crew.
 
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Most people do not live in one of the few affected border states so of course they prefer this policy remain someone else's problem.

If Biden is going to open up the flood gates, he should let the migrants choose which sanctuary city they would like to live in.
So how is Biden opening up the flood gates if Border Control has a record # of arrests this year?
 
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How many millions equates a flood is subjective, but in any case, let them go to the sanctuary city of their choice.
Instead of lying to them and shipping them where they will score the most points?

DeSantis is about to go all socialist anyways in the next week.
Almost time to pretend that hurricane funding is a right wing thing.
 

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The gimmick is done to get backing from extremist Republican party rank and file in order to win the nomination in 2024. Once De S gets the nom, he'll pivot and tell America that he really opposed the stunt the entire time.
Now he can stop using immigrants and start using hurricane refugees. Repugs have always been big on shifting their problems elsewhere...
 
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