Overview
- Reuters/Ipsos finds 39% approve and 53% disapprove of the president’s handling of immigration, with overall job approval at 38%, tying his term low.
- Fifty-eight percent say ICE has gone “too far” in its crackdown, and a new YouGov poll shows support for abolishing ICE rising to 48% of adults, including 19% of Republicans.
- Two fatal encounters in Minneapolis — Renee Nicole Good on January 7 and Alex Pretti on January 24 — have triggered large protests and intensified scrutiny of federal tactics.
- Republican lawmakers and conservative figures are pressing for full investigations and signaling unease with the current enforcement approach.
- The White House is sending border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota after Trump’s call with Gov. Tim Walz, who said the president would consider reducing agents and allow an independent state probe.