International relations scholars are far more likely than the public at large to support increasing immigration — one of several marked differences between academics and Americans as a whole, according to a recent Teaching Research and International Policy (TRIP) poll conducted by the College of William & Mary.
Fifty-three percent of academics who specialize in international affairs said they believe that the U.S. should increase immigration, while 27 percent believe it’s best to keep it at the present level and 6 percent called for decreasing it.
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Ariel Edwards-Levy contributed reporting.
