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President Donald Trump may be open to providing a pathway to citizenship for immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, a policy that 84% of Americans supported when Gallup last asked about it.

The 23% of Americans naming immigration as the most important problem is the highest Gallup has recorded, though slightly more still say the government is the top U.S. problem.

The majority of Americans oppose expanding walls along the U.S.-Mexico border, while a strong majority support allowing migrants brought illegally as children to become U.S. citizens.

As Congress crafted the 1965 bill that revolutionized U.S. immigration policy and launched "chain migration," Gallup found Americans open to the change.

Although two-thirds of West Virginia residents say their area is a good place for immigrants to live (67%), this is the lowest figure in the country. The highest is in Nevada, where 90% indicate their area is hospitable to immigrants.

Thirty-five percent of Americans are satisfied with the treatment of Black people in the U.S., marking a nine-point decline since the previous reading in 2018 and the lowest point in Gallup's trend dating back to 2001.

Immigration policy has taken on new resonance in this presidential election cycle. Gallup reviews American public opinion on immigration, including what the public wants government to do going forward.

Republicans' dissatisfaction with U.S. immigration levels has eased in the past year, while Democrats' dissatisfaction has grown.

Gallup editors review Americans' stances on eight policy issues that President Donald Trump emphasized in his State of the Union address.

Republicans with college degrees differ from those without degrees on some of the hard-line anti-illegal immigration measures President Trump is exploring.