Houstonians Are Not Happy With Mass Deportations

A new Rice University survey of nearly 10,000 residents shows 70% say increase pathways to citizenship, not mass deportation

WASHINGTON — Houstonians are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda, according to a new survey by Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University.

The survey — the largest in the institute’s history, drawing responses from 9,800 residents across Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties — found a clear majority of Houstonians favor increasing pathways to citizenship, protecting “Dreamers,” and fixing what they see as a broken immigration system.