Republican and conservative voters – including President Donald Trump’s base supporters – overwhelmingly approve of providing a path to citizenship for so-called Dreamers in exchange for increased border security, according to a national poll released this week that drew praise from Colorado business groups.

The survey found that 86 percent of Trump backers support protecting Dreamers – immigrants brought to the country illegally as minors, including the roughly 800,000 nationwide eligible to participate in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA – in exchange for boosting border security, while just 10 percent oppose such a deal.

The poll, conducted by GOP polling firm TargetPoint Consulting in conjunction with the New American Economy coalition of business and civic leaders, also found that just 1 percent of all Republicans and less than 1 percent of Trump’s base voters wouldn’t support a Republican in the upcoming midterm elections if their GOP representative in Congress got behind the deal.

“Given these survey results, Congress should not hesitate to provide a solution to DACA recipients,” said Republican Jeff Wasden, president of the Colorado Business Roundtable, a part of the group sponsoring the survey. “By now, Coloradans know the benefit that Dreamers and foreign-born residents provide to our local communities. They help to ensure our workforce is filled with competent and skilled workers. Deporting them is detrimental to our future and, as we’ve now learned, is something the vast majority of Americans, on both sides of the aisle, strongly oppose.”

“The Dreamers are here,” Wasden, who has been beating the drum for years on the need for bipartisan immigration reform, added in a call with reporters. “They live, they work, they shop, they support local businesses.” He pointed to research that shows more than 95 percent of the estimated 24,000 DACA-eligible Colorado residents are employed, and they pay more than $25 million in state and local taxes.

Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Kelly Brough said the chamber’s board has supported a path to citizenship for Dreamers since 2012 – and maintained the current economy and the survey results only underscore the position.

“With today’s historically low rates of unemployment, the rationale for taking that position is more relevant than ever,” she said in a statement. “Our members believe all Coloradans should have the opportunity to work and contribute in the country they have long called home – the United States of America. Our smart, healthy, diverse workforce is our competitive advantage, so we’re shocked that anyone would consider turning away more than 800,000 kids eager to continue their studies, find jobs and contribute to our economy. It is clear from the results of the polling that there is strong support for a deal that addresses Dreamers.”

The survey showed widespread support among Republicans across every demographic for the deal, which has been proposed by some lawmakers – including a bipartisan group of senators that included Colorado’s U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner – but failed in the Senate last month. Trump has said at various times he’d sign on to deals containing protection for Dreamers along with border security but last month switched course, insisting that he would only support legislation that also restricted legal immigration.

The survey was conducted from Feb. 15-18 in live interviews with 800 Republican and conservative-leaning unaffiliated voters. Those identified as Trump base voters voted for the Republican in the last election, currently approve of the job he’s doing as president, support a GOP congressional candidate in the 2018 election and identify as Republican. The poll’s margin of error was plus-or-minus 3.46 percent.

View the entire survey, including toplines and cross-tabs, here.