A new Gallup poll shows women increasingly viewing immigration as a major issue, as part of broader migrant-related concerns in the U.S. that have never been more consistent in two decades.Pollsters asked American adults the open-ended question about their biggest concerns, and immigration topped the list at 27 percent for the third consecutive month—the first time in 24 years the issue has been named most important for such a duration.
Newsweek reached out to Gallup via phone and email for comment.After immigration tied with the government as Gallup respondents' top issue in December 2023, in sync with record numbers of migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border, the issue of immigration became even more palpable in February following failure in Congress to reach some kind of bipartisan consensus on policy reforms.