What do American people think about border security?
Sovereignty axis · 🇺🇸 the United States · measured continuously, published only above 100 responses.
34% of American respondents take the position “Where you were born should not decide where you may live.”, against 46% for “A country has every right to choose who may cross its border.”, with 19% choosing neither. n = 112, margin of error ±9.3, weighted to the United States's adult population.
Where the United States sits on sovereignty
What is measured about the United States on this axis. These are facts about the country, not what its people think about them — that is the part of this page waiting on a sample.
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Born in another country
UN DESA migrant stock · 2024
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15.2% |
somewhat above the middle
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Military spending
SIPRI · 2024
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3.4% |
higher than most countries
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Homicides
UNODC · 2023
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5.8 per 100,000 |
somewhat above the middle
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Ranked against every country with a published figure for the same series. Sources: World Bank World Development Indicators, which republish UN, ILO, UNESCO, WHO, SIPRI, IISS and UNODC data.
The questions that bear on border security
Asked as a forced choice between two written positions, in randomised order, with the sides flipped for half of respondents.
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A · A country has every right to choose who may cross its border.
B · Where you were born should not decide where you may live.
World, unweighted: 51% A ·
19% neither ·
30% B · n = 3930
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34% B 🇺🇸 n=112 |
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A · Watching a border with armed drones goes too far.
B · A country may use armed drones to guard its border.
World, unweighted: 36% A ·
25% neither ·
39% B · n = 1710
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🇺🇸 n=57 of 100 |
A national figure appears only once that nation clears 100 responses on the question. The world column is a raw count of every answer received and is not post-stratified — it is shown because withholding it would say less, not more.
Asked another way
The same question, as people put it.
- The united states public opinion on border security
- Border security poll the united states
- What do american people think about border security
- What percentage of american people support border security
Each has one answer on this page, and it is the same answer.