A majority of Americans now support building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a Monmouth University poll released Monday.
Meanwhile, 53% of participants said they support building a wall at the southern border, while just 46% oppose it.
It is the first time a majority of Americans have supported a border wall since Monmouth began polling the issue in 2015, although the poll has a margin of error of 4.1%.
7.2M ILLEGALS ENTERED THE US UNDER BIDEN ADMIN, AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN POPULATION OF 36 STATES
Monmouth conducted its poll via telephone, surveying 902 U.S. adults from Feb. 9-12.
Last week, another Monmouth poll found that Biden's approval rating on immigration sits at just 26%. When broken down by party affiliation, slightly over half of Democrats (54%) said they approved of Biden's handling of immigration, but just 21% of independents and 2% of Republicans said the same.
Multiple polls have found that Trump is far more popular than Biden when it comes to the border. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection sources told Fox News this month that the majority of illegal crossings are shifting away from Texas to Arizona and California, where there is less deterrence.
Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. Send tips to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.
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