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Carola Guerrero De León

Almost 4 in 5 Republicans Support Putting Undocumented Immigrants into Militarized Camps

A person holds a sign that reads "Mass Deportation Now" on the third day of the Republican National Convention, concluding with former President Donald Trump accepting his party's presidential nomination. (Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Former President Donald Trump has pledged to conduct the largest deportation in U.S. history if elected for a second term. During his presidential campaign, he anticipated he would invoke wartime means to achieve this, proposing the use of military-guarded encampments to round up and deport undocumented immigrants – an idea almost half of Americans and most conservatives support, according to a new survey.

The 2024 American Values Survey conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute found that 50% of Americans opposed the idea of setting encampments, while 47% favored it.

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