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A majority of New Yorkers support President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport millions of undocumented immigrants — including nearly half of Latinos, an eye-opening new poll revealed Tuesday.
Some 54% of respondents statewide said New York should support Trump’s deportation efforts, while just 35% said the Empire State should oppose it, according to a Siena College poll.
Of the total 38% of Democrats, 87% of Republicans and 54% of independents support the mass deportation plan, which Trump made a central pillar of his campaign.
Men were more likely to back it than women, with 61% of male respondents and 49% of female respondents on board — while 31% and 38% opposed it, respectively.
And 56% of white people, 51% of black people and 47% of Latinos support the measure, which also had majority support from residents who live in the city, the suburbs and upstate, the poll indicated.
Perhaps most stunning is that nearly 30% of self-described liberals backed the plan — a surprising show of support for one of Trump’s most controversial plans.
The survey — conducted between Dec. 2 and Dec. 5 — polled 834 registered voters and has about a 4-point margin of error.
The numbers may reflect the heavy toll the migrant crisis has taken on the Big Apple — including a budget hit of about $6.1 billion, city data show.
And although the immigrant influx has finally dropped off over the last few months — leading the city to close 11 emergency shelters in the last six weeks — more than 56,000 migrants remain in the shelter system as of late November.
Mayor Eric Adams has also taken a more hard-line stance towards immigration, saying he wants to deport New York City migrants who have been charged with crimes — before they hit the courts.
“My position is people who commit crimes in our city, you have abdicated your right to be in our city and I am open to figure out the best way to address that,” he said last week.
“Those who are here committing crimes, robberies shooting at police officers, raping innocent people, have been a harm to our country.”
More than 224,400 migrants have come through the city intake system since the spring of 2022.
