--- title: Most Americans Don't Think Immigration Ban Makes Them Safer description: Despite President Trump's claims, most Americans don't think the ban makes them safer canonical: https://time.com/4656280/donald-trump-immigration-ban-poll/ author: Zamira Rahim article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-01T13:07:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T07:15:21.164Z article:section: Politics og:title: Most Americans Don't Think Immigration Ban Makes Them Safer og:description: Despite President Trump's claims most Americans don't think they're safer og:url: https://time.com/4656280/donald-trump-immigration-ban-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt742198f8ba35c2bc/6988b8440a4a2244da9ccc93/gettyimages-632596958.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5184 og:image:height: 2916 og:image:alt: President Trump Signs Executive Order In The Oval Office og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Most Americans Don't Think Immigration Ban Makes Them Safer twitter:description: Despite President Trump's claims most Americans don't think they're safer twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt742198f8ba35c2bc/6988b8440a4a2244da9ccc93/gettyimages-632596958.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Most Americans Don’t Think President Trump’s Immigration Ban Will Make Them Safer > Sponsored content. 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Thousands of people gathered Sunday in Battery Park to protest President Trump's immigration ban_ by [Zamira Rahim](https://time.com/author/zamira-rahim/) ## Zamira Rahim Feb 1, 2017 1:07 PM UTC by [Zamira Rahim](https://time.com/author/zamira-rahim/) ## Zamira Rahim Feb 1, 2017 1:07 PM UTC [Less than one-third of Americans](http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/01/only-a-third-of-americans-think-trumps-travel-ban-will-make-them-safer.html) believe that President Donald Trump’s executive order [restricting immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries](http://time.com/4652552/president-trump-is-suspending-a-refugee-program-and-banning-visas-from-7-countries/?iid=sr-link3) will make them “more safe,” according to a new poll. The Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll found that around 26% of respondents said the ban made them feel “less safe” while 33% said that it would not make any difference to their safety, CNBC reports. Thirty-one percent said that they did feel safer because of the measures, [which have triggered numerous national protests](http://time.com/4652918/donald-trump-immigration-ban-muslim-protests/?iid=sr-link1). The poll also found that approximately one in two Americans supported the restrictions, which include barring all refugees from U.S. entry for 120 days. President Trump had said when introducing the measures that they would help protect the U.S. from terrorism. \[[CNBC](http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/01/only-a-third-of-americans-think-trumps-travel-ban-will-make-them-safer.html)\] ## Transcript Resist, resist, resist. Let's get with all the [ UNKNOWN ] When your rights are under attack. My friends. My fellow New Yorkers. We've got an obligation, a duty to rise up, stand up and fight back. [ APPLAUSE ] [ CROSSTALK ] I figure I had to come out and say something. Make my presence felt. Make my voice, my voice heard. [ INAUDIBLE ] And we don't care Shut it down! In America, there are Americans that care about the world and people of all color, race, and religion. And no one's excluded from having basic human rights and dignity. [ MUSIC ] Finally people are beginning to take an active part in their government, and And value their voices and really stand together to demand that the President in Chief the person who should be enforcing and abiding by the laws and regulations of this country do so if the same is demanded of us. 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