Overview

• Fifty-five percent of Americans say Trump’s deportation raids have gone too far, marking a 10-point rise in opposition since February.
• A 57% majority opposes construction of new detention facilities and 53% reject billions in additional ICE funding.
• More than half of respondents believe the administration is targeting migrants without criminal records, and overall approval of the deportation program has slipped below 50%.
• Just 42% of adults approve of the president’s handling of immigration while 58% disapprove, with immigration ranking second only to the economy in influencing evaluations of his performance.
• Republicans overwhelmingly support the administration’s measures, but most Democrats and independents oppose them, and 55% of Americans consider protests against deportation policies mostly justified.