A group of immigrants told “Fox & Friends Weekend” co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy that they prefer President Biden over former President Trump when it comes to policies toward illegal immigration.
Campos-Duffy joined “Fox & Friends” to discuss what he learned from immigrants who left their home countries for the United States. There have been nearly 7.3 million illegal encounters at the southern border since Biden took office.
Campos-Duffy said the migrants were “asking for Joe Biden to help us, to help us achieve our dreams here, so we can get ahead.”
Campos-Duffy spoke with immigrants on an Indian reservation on the Arizona-Mexico border, which he described as a “soft shelter” and the first stop for illegal immigrants before heading to processing centers.
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“Who is better for illegal immigration? Donald Trump or Joe Biden?” he asked a group of five adult male immigrants.
They all responded “Joe Biden.”
A group of migrants walk toward a van as hundreds of migrants gather along the border on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Lukeville, Arizona. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Other immigrants explained that they came to the United States to escape violence and seek safety for their families, and one father emphasized that it was “urgent” to leave after his neighbor was killed.
Another migrant told Campos-Duffy that he used to be a police officer and had received threats. He also added that the cartels are “worse than ever” because of corruption.
Duffy said: “The cartels have never been stronger. That corruption is through the roof right now in Mexico. Obviously, this operation, the human trafficking operation, is fueling that.”
Another migrant, who was headed to Florida, told Duffy that he was kidnapped in Mexico for about a week, leaving his wife traumatized. One migrant told Duffy that he paid $3,000 to come to the United States, while another paid $5,000.
LUKEVILLE, ARIZONA – DECEMBER 8: U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents instruct migrants on how to separate important personal items from those to be discarded at a field processing center near the U.S.-U.S. Mexico on December 8, 2023 in Lukeville, Arizona. (John Moore/Getty Images)
A record number of Americans watch a large number of illegal immigrants coming to the United States as a “critical threat” to American interests, according to a new poll released Tuesday.
The Gallup poll found that 55% of American adults say that “large numbers of immigrants entering the United States illegally” are a “critical threat” to America's vital interests. That's up 8% from 2023 and up from the previous high of 50% in 2004.
Of those surveyed, 31% said large numbers of immigrants entering illegally is a “major” threat, while 14% said it was not important.
The country is now in the third year of a historic border crisis. The record for annual encounters at the southern border was broken last fiscal year when more than 2.4 million migrants were encountered at the border. The monthly encounter record was set in December, when more than 300,000 encounters occurred for the first time.
Duffy reported Monday from Tucson, Arizona, where she and her camera crew were forced to leave a closed hotel that she says is now being used by an NGO to house immigrants.
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Fox News' Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
