New findings from Public Religion Research Institute’s June Religion & Politics Tracking Survey show that Americans are less divided both on immigration issues, wrote Robert Jones, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute in an op-ed for the Washington Post.
“When asked whether a range of issues should be decided at the national or the state level, nearly 8-in-10 (77 percent) Americans say that immigration policy should be decided at the national level, while 1-in-5 (20 percent) say it should be left up to the states,” the report says.
Americans are more unified in their support for a federal approach to immigration policy than on any other issue, including health care policy and same-sex marriage. Strong majorities of Democrats (85 percent), Independents (77 percent), Republicans (68 percent), and Tea Party members (69 percent) all agree that immigration policy should be decided at the national level.
