By contrast, at the outset of the Trump administration in 2018, just 38 percent of Gallup respondents said that illegal immigration would be a critical threat in the succeeding decade.
The biggest reasons for the increase on this issue are rising concerns about illegal immigration among Independents, 54 percent of whom now view it as a critical threat, compared to 40 percent who took that position in 2023.
Immigration switched positions with the "Economy" - the biggest issue for 14 percent of respondents in the latest poll compared to 21 percent in December - as voters' number-one electoral concern.
Separately, according to that poll, just 29 percent of voters approve of the job President Biden is doing when it comes to handling immigration and just 30 percent are pleased with his performance in "Securing the border".
Apparently, 7 percent of them have now decided, and they don't like the job Joe Biden is doing on immigration: that 66 percent disapproval rate for the president's handling of immigration in the most recent Fox News poll is the highest it's ever been in the 34 months the outlet has polled on this question.
That's not good for Biden's reelection prospects, because 21 percent of voters in that poll stated that immigration would be their most important issue come the election, up from 11 percent last August.
Unlike the Journal poll the economy took the top spot on that question according to Fox News, identified as the main concern for 37 percent of respondents when they cast their ballots in November, down one point from the outlet's earlier poll.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Gallup-Immigration-Surges-Top-Americans-Concerns
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