{"id":19117,"date":"2023-10-17T02:18:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T07:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=19117"},"modified":"2023-10-17T02:18:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T07:18:35","slug":"americans-disapprove-of-bidens-border-policies-poll-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=19117","title":{"rendered":"Americans disapprove of Biden\u2019s border policies, poll says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Americans now favor a border wall, according to the poll<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Biden\u2019s planned construction of a wall contradicts past statements<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The administration says they have not changed their policy regarding a wall<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/newsnationnow.com\/\"><u>NewsNation<\/u><\/a>) \u2014 A&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/10\/11\/biden-border-policies-mexico-migrants-00121110\"><u>Fox News poll<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;has found that the majority of Americans do not approve of President Joe Biden\u2019s policies regarding the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/us-news\/immigration\/border-coverage\/\"><u>U.S.-Mexico border<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seventy-one percent of registered voters said security at the southern border is not strict enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contrary to past&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=0000018b-215f-df67-afaf-bd7f80510000\"><u>polling<\/u><\/a>, most Americans now favor the construction of a border wall. Fifty-seven percent of those surveyed said they were in favor of building a wall. Among independents, that number was 53 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biden recently angered progressives after continuing with former President Donald Trump\u2019s plan to build a wall. Biden, who has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/immigration\/2023\/10\/12\/border-wall-biden-trump-policies\/\"><u>claimed<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;they are ineffective, said that because the money was allocated for that purpose during Trump\u2019s term in 2019 it had to be spent now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of Biden\u2019s first actions after taking office in January 2021 was to issue a proclamation pledging that \u201cno more American taxpayer dollars be diverted to construct a border wall\u201d as well as a review of all resources that had already been committed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement that there was \u201cno new Administration policy with respect to border walls. From day one, this Administration has made clear that a border wall is not the answer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayorkas said the construction project was appropriated during the prior administration and the law requires the government to use the funds, with an announcement made earlier in the year. \u201cWe have repeatedly asked Congress to rescind this money but it has not done so and we are compelled to follow the law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/politics\/americans-disapprove-of-bidens-border-policies-poll-says\/\">Newsnationnow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(NewsNation) \u2014 A&nbsp;Fox News poll&nbsp;has found that the majority of Americans do not approve of President Joe Biden\u2019s policies regarding the&nbsp;U.S.-Mexico border. Seventy-one percent of registered voters said security at the southern border is not strict enough. Contrary to past&nbsp;polling, most Americans now favor the construction of a border wall. 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