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Support for increasing the number of border patrol agents on the U.S.-Mexico border, asked identically in the CES across years.
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Latest: 79% answered “Support” in CES: More border patrols on the Mexican border, 2024.
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: Increase border patrols on the Mexican border | Increase border patrols on the Mexican border What do you think the U.S. government should do about immigration? Do you support or oppose each of the following? [Increase the number of border patrols on the US-Mexican border.] Caveat: Same wording and binary scale across years | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: More border patrols on the Mexican border | More border patrols on the Mexican border What do you think the U.S. government should do about immigration? Do you support or oppose each of the following? [Increase the number of border patrols on the US-Mexican border] Caveat: Same wording and binary scale across years | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: More border patrols on the Mexican border | More border patrols on the Mexican border What do you think the U.S. government should do about immigration? Do you support or oppose each of the following? [Increase the number of border patrols on the US-Mexican border] Caveat: Same wording and binary scale across years | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |