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Despite protests and strong opposition from Democratic Party leadership, most Americans still favor a travel freeze on refugees coming to the U.S. from terror-ridden countries.
According to a new Rasmussen Reports poll, just over half of Americans (52%) favor President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration that halts the flow of refugees from seven countries in the Middle East and Africa known to have strong ties to terrorism.
Forty-three percent (43%) of respondents oppose the action.
The poll of 1,000 likely U.S. voters conducted Jan. 31 to Feb. 1 finds that, while most Americans support such a measure, there remains a strong divide between the opinions of Republicans and Democrats.
"Eighty-two percent (82%) of Republicans and 54% of voters not affiliated with either major political party favor the temporary refugee ban," writes Rasmussen. "Seventy-one percent (71%) of Democrats are opposed."
Before Trump signed the executive order, 57 percent of Americans were in favor of a travel ban on refugees from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.
Just 33 percent were opposed to temporarily halting travel from those countries.
The White House, DHS secretary John F. Kelly, and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) insist that Trump's executive action on immigration is not a travel ban nor a ban on Muslims but a "temporary pause" on immigration from countries of "particular concern," contrary to claims by the media and dissenting Democrats.
President Trump has described the executive order as a form of “extreme vetting,” which he feels is needed to protect the U.S. against the threat of terrorism.
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