All Voters But Liberals and Those Who Strongly Disapprove of Trump Say Keeping Illegal Immigrants Off Benefit Programs Is Important
Fewer than half of voters believe the government does enough to stop illegal immigrants from receiving taxpayer-funded benefits.
According to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey of 1,014, 71% of likely U.S. voters say it’s important to block illegal immigrants from accessing government benefits like Medicaid and food stamps. Nearly half (48%) view this issue as Very Important. Only 26% say it’s not important to prevent illegal immigrants from receiving these benefits, with only 10% of them saying that it is not at all important.
Majorities of every political group—88% of Republicans, 59% of Democrats, and 68% of unaffiliated voters—say it’s at least somewhat important to prevent illegal immigrants from receiving government benefits like Medicaid and food stamps. Only liberals and those who strongly disapprove of Trump think that it is not important to keep illegals off benefit programs (54% and 50%, respectively).
Those making over $200,000 a year and those with graduate school educations are the ones least concerned about illegals getting government benefits and they are also the ones who believe that the government is doing enough to stop these benefits.
Similar percentage of all political parties think the government is doing enough to prevent illegal immigrants from getting benefits — 46% of both Democrats and unaffiliated voters, and 43% of Republicans.
