According to data from a new Gallup poll, Americans continue to show a slight preference for lower immigration rates. Gallup states that these perceptions are similar to what was seen last year and remain in line with poll data on the topic since 2002. Eighteen percent of polled Americans, however, favored increased immigration, the highest amount of Americans to state such an opinion since the question was first asked by pollsters in 1965.

Gallup data also show that Democrats and Independents are divided fairly equally between favoring decreased rates of immigration and maintaining the current immigration levels. Republicans presented with a higher preference for decreased immigration rates, but at a rate less than seen in recent years.

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