The Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation took a survey in the second week of April. The results are not good for President Biden and other Democrats.
The survey shows that there is strong support among Hispanic voters for two signature border policies of Governor Greg Abbott.
First, 61% of Texas likely voters supported (and 34% opposed) spending $3.5 billion in Texas tax dollars annually on border security, ranging from border wall construction to the deployment of the Texas National Guard to the border. Two-thirds of white and three-fifths of Hispanic likely voters supported this policy, as do 86% of Republicans, 64% of independents, and even 33% of Democrats. Among Hispanics who lived near the border, 70% supported the policy.
Second, 58% of Texas likely voters supported (and 40% opposed) SB 4, which makes illegal immigration a state crime. Two-thirds of white and half of Hispanic…