Nearly two-thirds of Americans support providing legal status to Dreamers, according to an NPR/Ipsos poll released Tuesday. But support for Donald Trump's border wall is flagging, with 60 percent of Americans saying it would be a waste of taxpayer money. Domenico Montanaro writes:
Sixty-five percent of Americans said they favor giving legal status to DREAMers, as a deadline set by President Trump quickly approaches for when temporary status will run out for hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients. That includes 81 percent of Democrats, 51 percent of Republicans and 66 percent of independents. (DACA, or Deferred Actions for Childhood Arrivals, is the executive order signed by former President Obama and rescinded by President Trump.)
One of the elements on the table that Trump wants included in order to grant citizenship to DREAMers is to allocate billions of dollars to build a wall — and fulfill a principal campaign promise. But by a 56-to-38 percent margin, Americans said they oppose a wall, and 60 percent said it "wastes taxpayer money."
Of course, Trump wants more than just a border wall now—he wants to end family reunification programs and sharply limit the visa lottery program. And on Tuesday, he said he wouldn’t sign a government funding bill that fails to deliver on every single piece of his immigration wishlist. “Shut it down,” Trump spat repeatedly.