Several recent polls conducted by the University of Texas show a majority of Texans support GOP Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security efforts.
The majority polled support Texas installing marine barriers, constructing and repairing walls or physical barriers at the Texas-Mexico border, deploying additional resources to the southwest border, and busing illegal foreign nationals north.
The University of Texas/Texas Politics Project surveyed 1,200 registered voters from August 18 to 29, 2023. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 2.83%.
When asked if voters “support or oppose placing buoys and barbed wire at the Rio Grande River to deter migration,” 52% said they support it, 40% said they oppose it, 7% said they didn’t have an opinion.
Two lawsuits have been filed over the buoys, with the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals most recently ruling in Texas’ favor, staying a lower court ruling to allow the buoys to remain in the Rio Grande River.