The majority of American voters polled believe the U.S. is being invaded at the southern border.
The findings come after Texas counties have led the national conversation on invasion, introducing the term and making the case for Texas’ constitutional right to self-defense.
According to a recent Rasmussen Reports poll, nearly two-thirds of American voters surveyed say the southern border crisis should be called an invasion.
The majority, 64 percent, said it “is accurate to describe the current situation with migrants at the border with Mexico as an ‘invasion’ of the United States.”
Among those polled, 42 percent said the description is “very accurate;” 33 percent said it isn’t.
A larger percentage, 69 percent, said the “situation with migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border is a crisis;” 22 percent said it wasn’t.
“These findings have barely changed since our January survey,” Rasmussen Reports said. Its January poll found that 65 percent of likely U.S. voters say it’s accurate to describe the southern border crisis an invasion. A larger majority, 70 percent, said border security is a vital national security interest; 72 percent acknowledged what’s happening is a crisis.
The most recent poll asked three questions: Is border security a vital national security interest for the United States these days?; Is the current situation with migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border a crisis?; and How accurate is it to describe the current situation with migrants at the border with Mexico as an “invasion” of the United States?
The first survey was conducted by telephone and online with 1,044 likely U.S. voters from January 2-4 and has a margin of error of 3 percent. The second survey was conducted among 1,099 likely U.S. voters from March 31 to April 2 and has a margin of error of 3 percent. The majority polled were female, between the ages of 40-64, white and Democrats.
The polling comes after elected Republican officials nationwide have increasingly referred to the border crisis as an invasion, after former President Donald Trump referred to it as a “Biden invasion,” and after numerous commentators began using the term.
Prior to three Texas counties introducing the concept and changing the national conversation by arguing Texas and the U.S. was being invaded, no one was using the term.
