Poll reveals majority of Americans back mass deportations of undocumented immigrants

WASHINGTON (TND) — A newly posted video showing migrants on a freight train heading toward the U.S. is a sign of what's to come on the front lines as law enforcement officers struggle to keep up.

In an interview with Sinclair last week, Chochise County Arizona Sheriff Mark Dannels said, "This is my 40th year working the border in one aspect or another. And I've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly of this border. And this is the ugliest I've ever seen it."

His concerns echo through the halls of Congress, 2,000 miles away, where five moderate Democrats are calling on President Biden to do more to secure the border, including giving the Border Patrol authority to immediately expel migrants that expired last year.

They lamented, along with the President, that the foreign aid package signed into law did not include provisions for the border.

Biden said, "this year I negotiated and agreed to the strongest border security bill this country has ever, ever, ever seen. It was bipartisan, it should have been included in this bill.”

Former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, who returned from visiting McAllen, Texas, begged Congress to stop ignoring the crisis at the border.

The Republican candidate for the Senate, writing in The Washington Times, "This is a national security threat that leaders in both parties have failed to take seriously.”

In California, migrants have been recorded arriving at the beach in San Diego. City leaders said on Wednesday alone, 2,000 migrants were apprehended.

The latest appears to be changing the minds of Americans on the best way to respond.

VOTE | Do you support mass deportations of undocumented immigrants?

A new Axios - Harris poll found 51% of Americans support the idea of mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, which includes 42% of Democrats.