Yes it went up pretty sharply from 2020 to 2023 rising from 28% to 41%, but went up even more sharply from 2023 to the present rising from 41% to 55%, 10% less than it’s all-time high in 1993 and just 3 points less than it’s dot com bubble fueled peak in 2001 of 58%.
It’s notable as generally in the US support or indifference for immigration has been high during periods of economic growth and low during recessions. But our economic data says we’re not in a recession. It implies that something has either changed with the drivers of American’s opinions on immigration or that the economic data is incorrect or incomplete.
Yes it went up pretty sharply from 2020 to 2023 rising from 28% to 41%, but went up even more sharply from 2023 to the present rising from 41% to 55%, 10% less than it’s all-time high in 1993 and just 3 points less than it’s dot com bubble fueled peak in 2001 of 58%.
It’s notable as generally in the US support or indifference for immigration has been high during periods of economic growth and low during recessions. But our economic data says we’re not in a recession. It implies that something has either changed with the drivers of American’s opinions on immigration or that the economic data is incorrect or incomplete.