WASHINGTON — As Congress considers immigration legislation during the lame duck session, new polling shows that four-in-five U.S. voters (82%) support Republicans and Democrats in Congress working together to lower food prices through comprehensive immigration reform.
U.S. voters are near unanimous in their concern for rising food prices, and an overwhelming majority want to see Congress work together in a bipartisan fashion to address high food prices through immigration reform, according to a new Morning Consult national tracking poll commissioned by the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA). Nine-in-ten Democratic voters (88%), four-in-five Republican voters (79%), and four-in-five independent voters (80%) say that addressing food costs through bipartisan immigration reform is important to them.
The Senate is now considering taking up a narrow immigration bill called the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, a commonsense, bipartisan bill that will help ensure a secure, reliable labor force for our agriculture and food industry. Three-in-five voters (63%) support Congress passing the Farm Workforce Modernization Act with very low levels of opposition (11%).
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