Majority Disapprove of Trump's Handling of Immigration
By: Lydia Saad (Gallup. com)
This is an excerpt from a larger article on Americans views on immigration
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans have grown markedly more positive toward immigration over the past year, with the share wanting immigration reduced dropping from 55% in 2024 to 30% today. At the same time, a record-high 79% of U.S. adults say immigration is a good thing for the country.
Majority Disapprove of Trump's Handling of Immigration
Perhaps because of Americans' opposition to immigration policies that Trump has enacted to remove undocumented immigrants from the U.S., their evaluation of his work on immigration is mostly negative. Thirty-five percent approve of his handling of the issue, including 21% strongly approving, while 62% disapprove, including 45% strongly.
These views are sharply partisan: 85% of Republicans approve of Trump's handling of immigration, compared with 28% of independents and just 2% of Democrats. Notably, 81% of Democrats strongly disapprove, while 59% of Republicans strongly approve. Independents are much more likely to strongly disapprove (45%) than to strongly approve (14%).
Hispanic Adults More Supportive of Citizenship, Less of Enforcement
Hispanic Americans' views on immigration are particularly relevant to these measures, given the strong focus of current immigration policy on immigrants from parts of Latin America who have entered the U.S. illegally at the southern border.
In terms of policy views, the greatest divergence between Hispanic adults and U.S. adults overall is Hispanic adults' 16-point lower support for hiring more border agents (43%). Hispanic adults also trail the general population in their support for deporting all immigrants living in the U.S. illegally (by 15 points, at 23%). They are 13 points more likely to support allowing immigrants living in the U.S. to become citizens — 91% favor this.
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Only 28% of independents approve of Trumps handling of immigration.
What is wrong with that 28%? Trump is engaging in thug tactics, going after any illegal — including those who have been here for years, working, no criminal records, raising families. It is cruel and irresponsible.
Trump should have focused on criminals, concentrated on tightening the border, and then worked to sensibly and humanely deal with those who have been domiciled in the USA for years and are assimilated into our population. Give them a pathway to citizenship.
Me thinks many of them are actually MAGA but won't admit to it
How can even 1% of US Approve. , ?
Infependent ?
of thought,
and reason …?
28% is piss poor compared to the 85% of Republicans that approve. And independents ae supposed to be the decider, right?
Yep, the Democrat open border gambit is going exactly as planned. Let em all in ….. they’ll have a bitch of a time getting em back out. We’ll make sure of that ……