Voters were more likely to embrace hardline immigration policies than they were four years ago, which aligned with Donald Trump’s tough approach. In AP Votecast survey data, about 4 in 10 voters said that immigrants living in the U.S. illegally should be deported to the country they came from, up from about 3 in 10 in 2020. And while most voters said that immigrants living in the U.S. illegally should be offered a chance to apply for legal status, that was down from 2020. Trump has seized on an increase in illegal crossings at the U.S. border with Mexico as a driver of crime and falsely accused Haitian immigrants in Ohio of eating dogs and cats. That position may have echoed in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin – three states far from the southern border where about 8 in 10 Trump voters said they supported deportation over a chance to apply for legal status. Read more AP Votecast findings.