CV NEWS FEED // Pew Research Center recently published an analysis of its survey results from a study on the response of various religious groups to the “situation at the southern border.”
In a March 4 article titled, “US Christians More Likely Than ‘Nones’ to Say Situation at the Border is a Crisis,” Pew Research highlighted that opposition towards immigration is mostly prevalent among white evangelical Christians.
However, the results of the original poll indicated that the vast majority of Americans, regardless of religious affiliation, categorized the southern border issue as a “crisis,” or “major problem.”
While the poll indicates that the majority of Americans find the border situation to be highly problematic, the article highlights increased dissatisfaction among white Christian denominations.
The results of the survey found that 70% of white evangelical Christians and 64% of white Catholics opted to describe the current state of immigration in America as a “crisis.”
A smaller percentage of black protestants (32%) identified the situation as a “crisis,” while 39% called it a “major problem.” Similarly, 57% of white nonevangelicals described the issue as a “crisis,” while 24% said it was a “major problem.
Overall, the vast majority of Christian denominations expressed heightened dissatisfaction with the border situation. What the research analysis does not highlight is that the majority of “nones” agreed.
While significantly less nones (27%) expressed belief that immigration in America resembled a “crisis,” 42% said they thought it was a “major problem,” bringing the total percent of religiously unaffiliated who are significantly bothered by immigration up to 69%.
The survey did not include responses from Hispanic Catholics, or other religious groups such as Jews and Muslims.
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