Nearly half of Republican voters believe the U.S. military should put immigrants living in the U.S. illegally into internment camps until they can be deported. The data comes from a new survey conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI).
Republican voters were more than twice as likely as independents (19%) and over five times as likely as Democrats (8%) to support this policy.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection numbers, more than 11 million migrants entered the U.S. under the Biden-Harris administration.
President-elect Donald Trump has said he believes that number is closer to 21 million migrants and that he will declare a national emergency to address immigration.
Trump and his incoming “border czar,” Tom Homan, have said they will use all means necessary to carry out their plan of mass deportations, including the military.
In Trump’s Time Magazine Person of the Year interview, he was asked about how he would use the military since the Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the use of the military for domestic law enforcement.
Trump responded, saying he would “go to the maximum the laws of the country allow.”
“It doesn’t stop the military if it’s an invasion of our country, and I consider it an invasion of our country,” he said.
The state of Texas has also offered Trump’s incoming administration hundreds of acres of land to build detention camps and carry out deportation plans.
The PRRI post-election survey was conducted between Nov. 8 and Dec. 2, and it is based on a representative sample of 5,772 adults living in the United States.
