Voters back GOP governors in migrant busing showdown

Most voters say GOP governors were justified in shipping illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities, according to new polling that shows Americans felt the states had no choice but to share the pain of the current chaos at the border.

By a two-to-one margin, voters said the Biden administration‘s failure to secure the border is a bigger problem than the governors’ shipping of migrants.

And more than 60% of voters said it was “hypocritical” of sanctuaries like Washington, Chicago and New York to complain about the migrants being bused to them, according to polling done earlier this week by RMG Research for the American First Policy Institute, a conservative think tank led by former Trump administration leaders.

“Sending illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities is politically popular,” the memo concluded.

Doug Ducey busing migrants out of their states.

And 63% of all voters agreed with the statement that busing was the only way to draw attention to the problems at the border.

President Biden said busing migrants was “simply wrong, it’s un-American, it’s reckless.”.

“We have a process in place to manage migrants at the border.

And by 54% to 28%, voters doubted the administration was serious about wanting to secure the border and cut illegal immigration.

The new polling memo said 63% of those surveyed said the border states deserve help to deal with the wave of illegal immigration