Poll: Plurality Says Migrants Help CEOs to ‘Hold Wages Down’

A plurality of Americans recognize companies employ migrants to cut Americans’ wages, says a pro-migration survey funded by the Unite Here! union.

Forty-three percent of 1,030 registered voters said that “employers use immigration status to hold wages down for everyone.” Just 29 percent disagreed, and seven percent were not sure.

The poll was conducted Sept. 30-Oct. 5 by Wave Polling and Research.

The polling report also cited the results of a poll of 1,030 people in Florida. They were asked about a core feature of the Dignidad Act pushed by GOP Rep. Maria Salazar: “Dignity Act-style: create a new legal class for immigrant workers, but don’t give them citizenship.”

Fifty percent opposed, and 29 percent supported the visa workers idea, which promises “cheap labor” for many CEOs.

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Unsurprisingly, a June 2026 poll showed strong support for reducing the inflow of legalized migrants.

In April, pollster G. Elliott Morris – the head of Wave Polling — said economic pressure is pushing non-ideological infrequent voters towards Democrats.

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Also, some questions in the polls force respondents to choose between overlapping options. For example, the poll asked about “The bigger reason wages for people like you haven’t kept up with the cost of living [is] Large corporations holding wages down [or] immigrants competing for jobs.”