WASHINGTON, D.C. – As many school districts scramble to deal with in influx of immigrant children, voters are making it abundantly clear the kids shouldn’t be in taxpayer-funded schools.

A new Rasmussen poll finds 32 percent of likely voters think “these illegal immigrants should be allowed to enroll in local public schools this fall.”

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A majority – 53 percent – do not believe the children should be able to attend public schools.

The precise question was, “Should these illegal immigrants be allowed to enroll in local public schools this fall?”

Those numbers are down sharply from less than a year ago.

In October 2013, 45 percent of respondents thought it would be appropriate for the immigrant children to attend public schools, Rasmussen found at that time.

Despite their beliefs, only 22 percent of respondents “believe the president is interested in doing what most voters want” – that is, send the children home – while 54 percent of the respondents in this year’s poll believed Obama wants them to stay, Rasmussen finds.

The survey was of 1,000 adult “likely voters.”

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EAGnews has reported on how numerous districts, like Georgia’s DeKalb County, have been “swarmed” by immigrants seeking government services, including education.