According to a new report from the Pew Research Center on the situation on the border between Mexico and the United States, the 57% of Americans say that Large numbers of migrants, both legal and illegal, seeking to enter the country generate more crime.
According to the data of Pew Research«the economic factors –already Whether poor conditions in immigrants’ countries of origin or better economic opportunities in the United States – are widely considered to be the main reasons for the influx of immigrants,” the report maintains. In addition, the study specifies that a large majority of Americans (78%) say that the large number of immigrants seeking to enter this country through the border between the United States and Mexico is “a crisis.”
Other data revealed by this study is that only the 18% says the U.S. government is doing a good job dealing with the large number of migrants at the border, while the 80% say they are doing a bad jobincluding the 45% who say they are doing a very badly job.
The perceptions of insecurity related to migration, mostly Latino, is because around two thirds of Americans (65%) say that violence in the countries of origin of immigrants It is one of the main reasons why large numbers of immigrants have arrived at the border.
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