Majority of Voters Support Building a Wall Along US-Mexico Border
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Fences lined with concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande River in Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Feb. 23.
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A majority of Americans support building a wall along the US-Mexico border for the first time since Donald Trump popularized the idea during his 2016 presidential bid, according to a Monmouth University poll.
The 53% of Americans who now approve of a border wall is a significant increase from the highest level, 44%, of support it received during the years Trump was in the White House, according to the poll, released Monday.