Today’s Morning Consult/Politico poll finds that 48 percent of people back the most contentious element of the Cotton-Perdue immigration bill: halving the level of legal immigration. Only 39 percent oppose it. And after being read a description of the bill’s main provisions, respondents back it 44-31 percent.
Interestingly and somewhat confusingly, the poll finds that only 33 percent of the public thinks we admit too many legal immigrants now. That’s consistent with other polling on the subject.