Polling consistently shows that U.S. voters want to reduce the level of annual immigration. NumbersUSA polling in mid-term battleground states found that in all 25 states polled, a strong majority of likely voters prefer cuts to immigration over continuing to hand out one million lifetime work permits annually.
The Angus Reid Institute, a respected Canadian non-partisan, non-profit organization, found growing support among Canadians for lower annual immigrant admissions. According to their recent poll, 49% of Canadians want a decrease in immigration, the highest number since the question was first asked in 1975.
Prof. Norm Matloff "says no" to claims more foreign students returning to their home countries means the tech industry is suffering a lack of qualified job candidates.
An op-ed by Thomas Broadwater argues that blue-collar work visas "are boxing millions of minority citizens out of jobs."
Broadwater elaborates:
"The number of good-paying blue collar jobs is shrinking. Since 1980, America has lost more than 12 million manufacturing jobs to automation or offshoring. Wages have stagnated."
According to Catholic World News, Bishop Ruperto Santos of the Diocese of Balanga in the Philippines urged Filipinos who are currently in the United States illegally “not to wait to be branded undocumented and be deported” once enforcement efforts are stepped up under a Trump Administration.