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Pew Survey Finds Latino Disapproval of Trump Rising, With Deportation Fears and Economic Gloom

Loyalty among Latinos who backed Trump in 2024 masks broad discontent across the wider community.

Overview

  • Seven in ten Latino adults disapprove of President Trump’s job performance, with 65% rejecting his immigration approach and 61% saying his policies have made the economy worse.
  • About 71% say the administration is doing too much on deportations, 52% worry they or someone close could be deported, and 59% report seeing or hearing immigration raids in their communities in the past six months.
  • Sixty-eight percent say the situation of Hispanics in the U.S. has worsened in the past year, the first time a majority has said so in nearly two decades of Pew tracking.
  • Support remains strong among 2024 Trump-backing Latinos, 81% of whom approve of his performance, underscoring sharp partisan and demographic divides.
  • Pew’s bilingual National Survey of Latinos surveyed 4,923 Latino adults Oct. 6–16, 2025, and an earlier Sept. 22–28 poll included 629 Latino respondents, with a margin of error of ±2.6 points for the October sample.