Line graph. Americans' views on the level of immigration into the U.S. and whether that should be increased, be kept at its present level, or be decreased. Trend from 1965 to 2023. In 2023, 41% say they want immigration decreased, 31% say it should stay the same, and 26% want it increased. Through 2011, the percentage wanting increased immigration into the U.S. was below 20%, and this was the least-popular view through 2017. From 1965 to 1999, it never topped 10%, but it rose to 21% in 2012 and then to 30% in 2019. Its trend high of 34% was reached in 2020; since then, it has declined to 26% in 2023. The view that immigration should be decreased rose from a second-place 33% reading in 1965 to as high as 65% in 1993 and 1995, peaking again at 58% in October 2001. It gradually declined to a trend low of 28% in 2020, but has risen since then, and is at 41% -- and is the most widely held view -- in 2023. The "kept at present level" view has fluctuated but within a relatively narrow range, from a low of 24% in 1995 to a high of 42% in June 2001, 2006 and 2012. Since 2012, "present level" views have gradually trended downward, reaching the current reading of 31% in 2022 and 2023.