WaPo/ABC Poll: Majority of Americans Disapprove of Joe Bidens Open Border A majority of American adults disapprove of President Joe Bidens open United States-Mexico border where border crossers are regularly apprehended, briefly detained, and released into the U.S. interior, a new poll reveals. A Washington Post/ABC News poll finds that about 51 percent of Americans disapprove of Bidens handling of the immigration situation at the U.S.-Mexico border where illegal immigration is set for one of the worst years in American history. Meanwhile, only 33 percent of Americans approve of Bidens handling of illegal immigration at the southern border.