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Support for increasing spending on border security by $25 billion, including building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, asked in the CES in 2018, 2020, and 2022 with the same wording.
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Latest: 51% answered “Oppose” in CES: More border security spending and a border wall, 2022.
Shares of everyone asked, including non-answers. Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.
| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
|---|---|---|---|
| CES: More border security spending and a border wall | More border security spending and a border wall What do you think the U.S. government should do about immigration? Do you support or oppose each of the following? [Increase spending on border security by $25 billion, including building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico] Caveat: Reference wording: $25B border security including wall (text truncated in archive) | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: More border security spending, including a border wall | More border security spending, including a border wall What do you think the U.S. government should do about immigration? Do you support or oppose each of the following? [Increase spending on border security by $25 billion, including building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico.] Caveat: Same $25B border security plus wall wording (text truncated in archive) | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: More border security spending and a border wall | More border security spending and a border wall What do you think the U.S. government should do about immigration? Do you support or oppose each of the following? [Increase spending on border security by $25 billion, including building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico] Caveat: Same $25B border security plus wall wording | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |