Immigration ranks as top issue for Americans for longest consecutive monthly stretch in past 24 years: poll

Americans ranked migration arsenic the astir important contented facing the United States for a 3rd consecutive month, according to a caller canvass released connected Tuesday.

An April 1-22 Gallup survey recovered that 27% of Americans ranked migration arsenic the astir important occupation facing the U.S. 

Immigration topped Gallup’s open-ended trend for a 3rd consecutive month. It marked the longest consecutive agelong for the migration contented successful the past 24 years. 

In December 2023, migration tied with the authorities arsenic the astir important contented for Americans. That was the aforesaid period migrant encounters astatine the confederate borderline hit a grounds 302,000. 

Immigration past surpassed the authorities arsenic the astir important contented for Gallup respondents successful February – the aforesaid period a arguable bi-partisan borderline and overseas assistance bundle tanked successful the Senate. 

This twelvemonth marks the archetypal clip migration has ranked arsenic the astir important contented for Americans for respective consecutive months since Gallup began updating the astir important occupation question monthly successful March 2001. Immigration has been the apical contented 4 times since 2000 – either unsocial oregon tied with different contented – astatine respective points, including successful 2014, 2018 and 2019. 

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Migrants connected the slope of the adust riverbed of the Rio Grande astatine the US-Mexico borderline successful Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, connected Wednesday, April 24, 2024.  (Justin Hamel/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"For the 3rd period successful a row, migration is the occupation Americans sanction much than immoderate different arsenic the astir important facing the U.S. While migration has not ranked arsenic the apical occupation often successful Gallup’s monthly trend, it stands unsocial arsenic the astir politically polarizing contented successful the past 25 years of Gallup’s measurement," Gallup assessed. "The grounds surge of migrants astatine the confederate U.S. borderline successful December brought adjacent much absorption connected the contented – and portion attempted crossings person eased somewhat since then, they are expected to summation arsenic outpouring continues. President Joe Biden’s support rating for his handling of migration has been persistently poor. With the statesmanlike predetermination astir six months distant and migration apical of mind, the contented remains a important vulnerability for Biden arsenic helium seeks reelection." 

Gallup respondents person ranked the system the apical contented 101 times implicit the past 24 years – much times than immoderate different contented has taken the apical spot. 

The authorities has been the astir important contented 85 times, portion the Iraq War was the apical contented 50 times. 

Texas National Guard on the US-Mexico borderline successful El Paso, Texas, US, arsenic seen from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, connected Wednesday, April 24, 2024.  (Justin Hamel/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The percent of Republicans who cited migration arsenic the apical contented has decreased since February's grounds 57% high. 

Migrants remainder connected the slope of the adust riverbed of the Rio Grande astatine the US-Mexico borderline successful Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, connected Wednesday, April 24, 2024.  (Justin Hamel/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

In 2019, arsenic galore arsenic 20% of Democrats mentioned migration arsenic the apical issue. 

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The latest survey showed independents mentioning migration astatine a caller high, though statistically akin readings were recorded successful 2019 and successful caller months, Gallup said.