A majority of voters support parts of an immigration plan that President Trump publicly endorsed last week, according to a new poll released Wednesday.

The Trump-backed plan would cut legal immigration in half and establish a “merit-based” approach to allowing immigrants into the country.

The poll, which was done by Politico and Morning Consult, found that 60 percent of voters support the “points system” that would allow people that speak English and have a college degree to be more likely to be able to enter the country.

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Sixty-two percent of voters said that whether a person speaks English should be a factor in deciding if they should be allowed to legally immigrate to the U.S., according to the poll.

Fifty-eight percent of respondents said that they generally support limiting the number of refugees who can gain permanent residency in the U.S.

A plurality of voters supports cutting immigration in half over the next decade, with the poll finding 48 percent of respondents supporting the cuts, compared to 39 percent who oppose it.

Forty-five percent of voters support ending the ability for U.S. citizens to allow family members to enter the country in what was described as “unlimited family chain migration,” compared to 39 percent who support keeping it in place.

The poll also found that 66 percent say legal immigrants “strengthen our country because of their hard work and talents," compared to 20 percent who think they are "a burden on our country because they take our housing, health care and jobs.”

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White House aide Stephen Miller spoke at a press briefing about the new immigration plan, claiming that voters support limiting immigration.

“Public support is so immense on this — if you just look at the polling data in many key battleground states across the country — that over time you're going to see massive public push for this kind of legislation,” Miller said last week.

The poll surveyed 1,992 registered voters and has a margin of error of 2 percentage points.