Half of Americans say President Trump's mass deportation campaign is too aggressive, according to a new poll released Wednesday, as Republicans look to regain voters' confidence on immigration less than 90 days away from the midterm election.
Nearly a quarter of voters who backed Trump in the 2024 presidential election also said his immigration enforcement approach is too aggressive, according to the Politico poll, which was conducted with Public First. It found that 50 percent of Americans overall said the administration's immigration agenda has gone too far.
While the administration has made some changes to its enforcement strategy, the polling has remained largely unchanged since earlier surveys in January and April — amid the height of the immigration crackdown in Minnesota, where federal agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens.
"Voters really did want border security, but they did not want to see abuelita taken away because she's been here for 40 years but without documentation," Arizona-based GOP strategist Barrett Marson told Politico.
The divide was sharper among Trump's supporters. Thirty-one percent of Trump voters who did not identify with the MAGA movement said his immigration agenda was too aggressive, compared with 15 percent of self-identified MAGA voters.
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Nearly a quarter of voters who backed Trump in the 2024 presidential election also said his immigration enforcement approach is too aggressive, according to the Politico poll, which was conducted with Public First. It found that 50 percent of Americans overall said the administration's immigration agenda has gone too far.
While the administration has made some changes to its enforcement strategy, the polling has remained largely unchanged since earlier surveys in January and April — amid the height of the immigration crackdown in Minnesota, where federal agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens.
"Voters really did want border security, but they did not want to see abuelita taken away because she's been here for 40 years but without documentation," Arizona-based GOP strategist Barrett Marson told Politico.
The divide was sharper among Trump's supporters. Thirty-one percent of Trump voters who did not identify with the MAGA movement said his immigration agenda was too aggressive, compared with 15 percent of self-identified MAGA voters.
#immigration #Trump #MAGA #poll
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