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Despite Protests Poll Reveals Support for Immigration Ban; Trump Replaces Acting AG
While a sweeping executive order signed by President Trump drew furious protests from the left and condemnation from Democratic governors and foreign leaders, American voters strongly back the move, a new poll by Rasmussen Reports shows. Pictured above are Google employees protesting the temporary immigration ban
By: David Rosenberg
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hile a sweeping executive order signed by President Trump last Friday drew furious protests from the left and condemnation from Democratic governors and foreign leaders, American voters strongly back the move, a new poll by Rasmussen Reports shows. Fulfilli g a campaign promise to temporarily halt the entry of asylum seekers and citizens of countries identified as high-risk centers for terrorism, Trump signed the executive order suspending America’s refugee program at the end of his fi st full week in offic until vetting procedures are in place. Under the new directive, no asylum
seekers will be permitted into the US for a period of 120 days. In addition, the order creates a general ban on refugees from Syria for an indefin te period of time. Also, all foreign nationals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen – including greencard holders – would be barred from entering the United States for 90 days. Theorder elicited vocal protest from the left, which held demonstrations at airports across the United States. But according to a pair of new polls released on Monday, American voters approve of the executive order. A Rasmussen Reports survey of 1,000 likely voters shows 57% back the temporary ban on refugees from the seven Muslim countries named by the order, while just 33% oppose the move. Similarly, 56% support the tem-
porary entry ban for visa-holders from those same seven nations. Thi ty-two percent oppose this measure.
A Rasmussen Reports survey of 1,000 likely voters shows 57% back the temporary ban on refugees from the seven Muslim countries named by the order, while just 33% oppose the move Overwhelming majorities of self-identified Republicans and independents back the refugee ban, while most Democrats oppose it. Eighty-two percent of Republicans said they favored the ban, along with 59% of independents. Democrats were split 53%
- 34% against the ban. A second poll, conducted by Quinnipiac, also suggests Americans back the executive order, albeit by a narrower margin. According to the Quinnipiac survey of registered voters, 48% back suspending immigration from “terror prone regions”, including refusing entry to refugees from those areas, while 42% opposed such a move. Broken down by partisan affiliation, 72% of self-identified Republicans say they supported the ban, along with 49% of independents and 24% of Democrats. By contrast, 66% of Democrats, 42% of independents, and 17% of Republicans say they opposed the move. Meanwhile, President Trump on Monday night fi ed acting Attorney
General Sally Yates, after she instructed Justice Department lawyers not to make legal arguments defending his executive order on immigration and refugees. "The acting Attorney General, Sally Yates, has betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States. This order was approved as to form and legality by the Department of Justice Offic of Legal Counsel," said a White House statement quoted by Politico. "Ms. Yates is an Obama Administration appointee who is weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration," the statement added.
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