While DACA remains relatively popular, that is not the case for immigration in general. One-third of Americans (32%) believe that immigration has made the U.S. worse off. This is a position more likely to be taken by Republicans (64%) than Democrats (13%), but even a significant share of children (23%) and grandchildren of immigrants (31%) say immigration has made the country worse.

Those whose ancestors came to the United States even longer ago are divided on the value of immigration: 30% of them say immigration has made the country better, 34% say it has made the country worse…

Three in five Republicans (62%) call it a “very important” issue for them, compared with 36% of Democrats who say this. When asked about the most important issue, 15% of Republicans say economy and jobs, but immigration (14%) comes joint-second place along with taxes and spending (14%). In contrast, only 1% of Democrats call immigration their most important issue, putting it thirteenth of the fourteen listed issues.