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A new poll from the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) released Thursday shows high levels of disapproval toward the Trump administration’s rollback of “protected areas,” the long-standing federal policy that kept immigration arrests out of hospitals and other health care facilities.
By an 18-point margin, 56% of respondents oppose allowing ICE to detain and arrest immigrants in health care settings, compared to 38% who approve. Opposition is even stronger among Black respondents (-56 net approval), Latinos (-33), independents (-32), swing voters (-26), and moderates (-26). Republicans (+42) and conservatives (+44) are the only two groups surveyed that support these types of actions.
Hart Research Associates conducted the survey online from July 7 to 10, with a representative group of 802 registered voters. Results were weighted to match the demographic profile and past voting patterns of the national electorate. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
This is the sample breakdown of respondents:
“All of us should feel safe at the doctor’s office, and this poll shows voters understand the imperative of protecting clinics and hospitals from immigration raids and potentially violent confrontations,” said Matthew Lopas, NILC’s director of state advocacy and technical assistance, in a media release about the poll. “Nurses and doctors should not have to prepare for dealing with immigration arrests. They should be able to focus 100 percent on providing the best care possible to patients. At the end of the day, making sure everyone feels safe going to the doctor or hospital is good for all of us and makes our communities healthier.”
The poll comes as hospitals serving immigrant communities are on alert for potential ICE actions.
The media release about the poll also included these insights:
In addition, 67 percent of voters object to arrests in places of worship, and 60 percent object to arrests in schools.
More broadly, Americans increasingly believe that undocumented immigrants should be allowed to stay legally in the U.S. The Trump administration’s pursuit of mass deportation appears to be generating a public backlash, resulting in greater support for creating paths to legal status. Now, two in three voters (68 percent) say there should be a way for undocumented immigrants to stay in the country legally if certain requirements are met.
You can access more of the poll here.
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D.C. Immigration Crackdown: From the Washington Post, “White House officials signaled Thursday that the Trump administration’s takeover of D.C. police would also help ramp up federal efforts to crack down on immigration, as the D.C. police chief rolled out a policy allowing officers to assist in federal immigration enforcement. The order was applauded by the president but swiftly condemned by others as a betrayal of city values.”
The Associated Press reported that the Trump administration “named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration to be Washington’s ‘emergency police commissioner’ with all the powers of the police chief — a significant move that increases national control over the city as part of the federal government’s law-enforcement takeover.”
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