Immigration rises to top of voters’ minds ahead of Super Tuesday, polls find

Migrants wrap themselves in blankets to ward off the wind and rain as they line up in a makeshift campsite to be processed after crossing the border near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. As President Biden and former President Trump head to the U.S.-Mexico border this week ahead of the Super Tuesday primaries, new polling finds that an increasing number of Americans view illegal immigration as a “very serious” problem, and a majority support building a border wall. “So for something like immigration to beat out those issues is pretty notable.” Every month for more than 20 years, Gallup has asked respondents about the most important issue facing the country. “And having that as a specter out there is a very powerful motivator for the Trump wing, particularly, of the Republican Party.” Fifty-three percent of respondents to the Monmouth poll support building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, up from 48% when the university first asked the question in 2015, amid the heat of Trump’s campaigning for president on the issue. “The strength of this issue is far, far bigger and much more potent than people realize.. That’s what the battlefield is going to be for this campaign.” Both the president and former president are planning trips to the border in Texas on Thursday to highlight their dueling approaches to immigration, just days before voters in 16 states head to the polls to vote in the primary.