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Support for withholding federal funds from local police who do not report illegal immigrants to the federal government, in the CES 2018 and 2020.
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Latest: 48% answered “Support” in CES: Withhold funds from police not reporting illegal immigrants, 2020.
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: Withhold federal funds from police not reporting illegal immigrants | Withhold federal funds from police not reporting illegal immigrants What do you think the U.S. government should do about immigration? Do you support or oppose each of the following? [Withhold federal funds from any local police department that does not report to the federal government anyone they identify as an illegal immigrant] Caveat: Wording includes explicit description of police not reporting anyone identified as illegal immigrant. | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: Withhold funds from police not reporting illegal immigrants | Withhold funds from police not reporting illegal immigrants What do you think the U.S. government should do about immigration? Do you support or oppose each of the following? [Withhold federal funds from any local police department that does not report to the federal government anyone they identify as an illegal immigrant.] Caveat: Item stem as given omits the police-reporting description (likely truncated in the archive); same binary scale. | equivalent | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |