Pew Research Center data reveals just 27 percent of Americans feel the government is doing a 'somewhat good' job, with 6 percent saying 'very good.'
The majority of Americans believe the federal government is doing a"bad job" at handling the influx of asylum seekers arriving at the border, new survey data has found. People in the U.S. are also divided along partisan lines on how the government could improve on its approach to the country's current immigration policies.of 4,175 people between July 22 to August 4.
"In assessing the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border, the public views several goals as important," the Pew Research Center says in its report."But more people give priority to addressing the backlog of asylum cases and improving conditions for asylum seekers than to making it harder—or easier—for asylum seekers to be granted legal status."
On the issue of reducing the number of asylum seekers coming to the U.S., 74 percent of respondents said it was"at least somewhat important," while 69 percent said it was important to provide more assistance to Central American nations such as the Northern Triangle countries—Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador—where many asylum seekers are coming from.
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