Tom Perez, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), was confronted by the poll results during an appearance on "CBS News 24/7." The survey conducted by CBS News and YouGov between June 5 and June 7 found that 62 percent of registered voters favor having a government program to deport all illegal immigrants.
"I'd love to sit down with your polling team and show them how they've gotten this wrong," said Perez. He also cited other polls that purportedly showed the opposite.
Biden announced a sweeping new policy that would lift the threat of deportation for hundreds of thousands of people married to U.S. citizens, something the senior adviser commented on during his CBS News appearance. According to Perez, the decision was something morally and legally correct, and even popular.
"It's the right thing to do, it's the legal thing to do and it's the smart thing to do," he said. "We're keeping families … [and] communities together, and we've got a workforce shortage."
The CBS News/YouGov poll surveyed 1,615 registered voters and had a margin of error of 3.8 points. It also found that based on ethnicity, mass deportation was popular with Hispanics (53 percent for, 47 percent against) and Whites (67 percent for, 33 percent against). However, the poll also showed that a majority supported Biden's recent executive action at the southern border....<<<Read More>>>...