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... The survey of eligible voters, carried out by Redfield & Wilton Strategies, found just 20 percent think the U.S. has "control over its borders," down from 34 percent in August 2023. This is a significant blow for the Biden administration with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump having made tightening border control one of the main pillars of his bid for a second White House term.

Irregular immigration has become a top political issue over the past few years, with 9.8 million migrant encounters recorded between October 2019 and January 2024, according to figures from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. On April 12, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said that 507,200 suspected undocumented migrants had been detained in his state since 2021 when he launched Operation Lone Star to combat illegal crossings.

Asked, "Do you believe the United States has control over its borders?" In the new poll, 63 percent replied "no" against 20 percent for "yes," with another 13 percent responding "don't know." Notably, those who answered no included 53 percent of those who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 and a plurality in all of the age groups surveyed, including 47 percent of Generation Z who were born between 1997 and 2002. ...