A poll conducted by Harvard-Harris has found that 80% of Americans believe local law enforcement should be required to turn over illegal immigrants they arrest to the federal government so they can be deported

The survey indicates widespread support for President Donald Trump's directive to federal agencies to cut off funding for sanctuary cities across America, except when the money is for crime fighting. Conservatives have been on the warpath with sanctuary cities since the July 2015 death of San Francisco resident Kate Steinle, who was struck by a bullet that came from a gun shot by an illegal immigrant. Some large cities shield illegal immigrants but do not call themselves sanctuary cities such as Salt Lake City, San Diego, Los Angeles and Boston. The Immigrant Legal Resource Center says that at least 39 cities provide some form of sanctuary protection. Fearful for their county's own federal funds, Miami-Dade commissioners have voted to comply with federal immigration laws, ending sanctuary in the Florida county with a large immigrant population. In the Harvard-Harris poll, 75% of respondents said that they were in favor of ICE hiring more border patrol agents, another mandate of Trump's.