Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Des Moines Register: Iowa Poll: Nearly half want to round up immigrants

By Jennifer Jacobs, Sept. 2, 2015, Des Moines Register

Round them up, nearly half of likely Iowa Republican caucusgoers say.

Forty-seven percent say it's a good idea to gather up an estimated 11 million immigrants who are in the United States illegally and send them to their home country.

Among Donald Trump supporters, nearly three-fourths (73 percent) say so.

But among all the other Iowans who support the other 16 candidates, just 40 percent say rounding up immigrants here illegally is a good approach. A plurality, 45 percent, say it is a bad idea.

"That's what they do when they find Americans that are illegal in their country — they either send them back or throw them in jail," said poll respondent Walter Allsup, a 58-year-old retired musician from Keokuk. "We're crazy to let people come in and do anything they want like that."


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