Half of NM voters want to stop border wall – By Ryan Boetel (Albuquerque Journal) / Sept 13 2020
When it comes to the border wall, New Mexico voters find themselves on both sides – of the issue, that is.
Slightly more than half of likely voters in New Mexico would prefer to stop building a wall on the Mexican border, and they say the U.S. should deport only undocumented immigrants who have committed serious crimes in the United States, according to a new Journal Poll.
Still, 38% support the wall and more deportations of people living in the country illegally, and 10% don’t know or said it depends.
“New Mexicans are divided on this issue,” said Brian Sanderoff, president of Research & Polling Inc., the firm that conducted the survey. “Slightly more than half of likely voters support stopping the wall. But there are a substantial share of likely voters who do prefer stronger immigration policies.”
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