Support among Latinos for border wall ticks up: Survey

Hispanics are inching toward more conservative positions on border management, though they remain supportive of asylum and a path to citizenship for immigrants lacking permanent legal status, according to an Ipsos/Telemundo poll of Hispanic adults released this week.

Hispanics also view President Biden as less engaged and less representative of their interests than the Democratic Party as a whole.

According to the poll, 65 percent of survey respondents said they support a path to citizenship for all undocumented immigrants, and 64 percent support giving the president the authority to “shut down” the border if too many migrants show up at once.

President Biden has called on Congress to give him that authority, shifting right on an issue that’s dogged him throughout his presidency. The failed bipartisan Senate border deal would have given him the authority to stop processing asylum claims once certain daily migration thresholds were surpassed.