Impact of Barring Illegals From Jobs Leaves Voters Divided

Publication Date: 02/11/2026 5:00 AM CST

Impact of Barring Illegals From Jobs Leaves Voters Divided

Publication: 02/11/2026 5:00 AM CST

Member Content

The content you are trying to access is currently only available to Gold Circle Members. If you are a member, please log in to view.

To learn more about becoming a Gold Circle Member, please refer to our membership page.

Full Toplines: RESTRICTED

Full Crosstabs URL: RESTRICTED

Toplines are free for use after embargo, if any. Crosstabs are confidential and not for public release. However, you may cite specific demographic data from these reports.
For any data released, please cite Napolitan News Service.

Public Content

Forty-six percent (46%) of voters say that hiring illegal immigrants lowers wages for working-class Americans, while 35% disagree.
- Republicans say it does lower wages by a 69% to 15% margin.
- Democrats disagree and say it does not by a 53% to 26% margin.
However, voters remain evenly divided on whether preventing illegal immigrants from getting jobs would increase finances for working-class Americans.
- Forty-percent (40%) of voters say it would increase finances, including a majority (60%) of Republicans.
- Thirty-eight percent (38%) of voters say it would not increase finances, including a majority (54%) of Democrats.
Voters are similarly divided on whether preventing illegal immigration would decrease housing costs for working-class Americans.
- Again, 40% of voters say it would lower housing costs, while 38% disagree.
- The party breakdown is nearly identical to the numbers found about increasing finances for working class Americans.
On each question here, those with postgraduate degrees had sharply different opinions than those who were not postgraduates.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, February 4-5, 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.