Poll: Republicans get lion’s share of blame for current immigration policy

Amid an influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and upheaval in the top ranks of the country’s immigration officials, Republicans are receiving much of the blame for the state of U.S. immigration policy.

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A new Morning Consult/Politico poll found nearly half (48 percent) of voters said President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are most responsible for current immigration policy, while 28 percent said the blame rests with Democrats in Congress.

The April 12-14 survey was conducted in the days after Trump shook up the top ranks of the Department of Homeland Security, threatened to release immigrant detainees into so-called “sanctuary cities” represented by his political opponents and was reported to be considering implementation of a revised version of the administration’s abandoned policy separate migrant parents from their children.

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