Trump supporters see Iraqi, Syrian refugees as major threat: report

Trump supporters see Iraqi, Syrian refugees as major threat: report
Supporters of Donald Trump, the presumptive US Republican presidential nominee, see refugees arriving from Iraq and Syria as one of the greatest threats to the US, according to a study released on Thursday by the Pew Research Center.

Eighty-five percent of respondents who said they supported Trump saw the refugees fleeing Assad and ISIS as a threat, compared with 74 percent of Republicans overall, said the study, Reuters reported.

While 40 percent of Democrats viewed the refugees from the region as a major threat.

Trump’s campaign said in a statement last December that he was “calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the US until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on.”

US President Barack Obama’s promise to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year has sparked a backlash from Republicans. More than 30 governors have tried to block refugees from their states.

There are nearly 5 million registered Syrian refugees according to the United Nations, a result of Assad’s war on the Syrians.

The Fortune reported on Tuesday that Trump effectively secured the Republican presidential nomination by attrition when his nearest but fading rival, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, suspended his bid after a distant second-place finish in Indiana.

Following Trump’s Indiana victory, two conservative groups aligned against him released statements indicating they will keep up the fight.

“A strong Never Trump movement is critical to protecting Republican incumbents and down-ballot candidates, by distinguishing their values and principles from that of Trump, and protecting them from a wave election,” read a statement from #NeverTrump.

“Never does not mean maybe. Six out of ten Republican primary voters voted for someone other than Trump, and we will continue to identify ways to give them voice.”

And Katie Packer, a former Mitt Romney aide who now runs the anti-Trump Our Principles PAC, said in a statement that her group will continue making the case that Trump is “simply unfit to be President of the United States.”

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