More than 8 in 10 New Yorkers say that the recent influx of migrants has created a problem for the state.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is changing the public sentiment around migrants in the Democratic stronghold of New York.A new poll released by Siena College on Tuesday found that 84 percent of New Yorkers say that the recent influx of migrants is a problem for the state, with 57 percent describing the situation as 'very serious.' Those figures represent a growing consensus about the more than 117,000 asylum seekers that have arrived in New York City over the last year.
'Seldom do we see an issue where at least 79% of Democrats, Republicans, independents, men, women, upstaters, downstaters, Blacks, whites, Latinos, Catholics, Jews, and Protestants all agree – that the migrant influx is a serious problem,' Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg said in a press release.'Is New York still 'true blue?'' Greenberg asked. 'True, 49% of voters are enrolled as Democrats and only 23% as Republicans.
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