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The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

A third of Americans agree with Trump that immigrants ‘poison the blood’ of US

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Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Durham, New Hampshire, where he accused immigrants of ‘poisoning the blood’ of the country. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

A new poll has revealed that more than one-third of Americans agree with Donald Trump’s warning that undocumented immigrants in the US are “poisoning the blood” of America.

A significant 34% of the respondents to the poll, conducted by the Brookings Institution and Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), agreed with the statement previously made on the election campaign trail by the former US president and Republican party nominee for the White House, Donald Trump.

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