Donald Trump’s popularity is declining. his The honeymoon is overThe perception of the economy and its management is so sour, and while inflation and prices remain a priority for the public, they think his government is focused on other things.
However, they think Trump is the region The most concentrated His attention is also his most popular person: immigration. This is how the public thinks he is best dealing with it, and it is a matter of floating his overall recognition rate.
Several recent national polls show how resilient this dynamic is. Participate in the latest parade CBS News/YouGov Poll. It found that the full majority (53%) of Trump’s handling of immigration by the U.S. public. They endorsed his mass deportation commitment, and the figures have largely remained the same since last month.
Most support for immigrants is contrary to his other ratings in that poll. About 48% of Americans agree with his handling of the economy, and 52% in late March. That’s down from 51% approval a month ago. When it comes to inflation, especially the approval of 44% is lower than last month’s 46%.
Despite doubts about the legitimacy of government approaches, and as a news agency Show embarrassment and About Revelation About who is who Target for deportation and detention.
Despite this news report growing and Trump’s overall benefits continue to decline, it’s worth mentioning why his immigration agenda remains popular, which could negatively impact it.
These shifts are crucial for tracking as the government moves in a more authoritarian direction in treating immigration, especially for those who want to organize political pressure and public support.
Recent polls tell us
In late March, CBS News/YouGov’s poll of American adults conducted late last week has basically not changed The last CBS/YouGov poll in late February. About 53% of Americans agreed to Trump’s immigration treatment in March, while 54% were approved in February.
The same is true when asked about the Trump administration’s “plans for illegal deportation of immigrants.” Of all adults, 58% approved – Essentially a mirror The February survey results were when 59% of respondents approved.
The second national survey shows Trump’s resilient immigration support is AP-NORC’s poll. The poll shows that the public is evenly distributed: 49% agree with Trump’s immigration method, while 50% disagree. again, The scenery he deals with Other issues are much more negative, according to the survey results, but even one in five Democrats have approved Trump’s immigration methods.
The findings are revelatory, given that polls usually find Trump’s perception of Trump more than other March polls conducted by other companies. This is a OutliersFor example, when showing Trump’s overall double-digit net negative rating: 56% disapproval and 42% approval.
For now, there is no clear reason for this ongoing support. This may be a sign of news that Trump has worked on the issue. From the outset, this administration has embarked on a savvy and digitally savvy media and advertising tour to frame their deportation efforts as a way to target criminal immigration – a specific condition that happens to be the most popular when the survey offers respondents a variety of options for deportation policies. The government has recorded and published social media videos, traditional TV commercials, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tagged with ice agents, met with border agents on the southern border and even spoke with many deported prisons from the El Salvador prison.
In turn, this (essentially) movement about immigration may amplify the polarization effects because it cares most about immigrants’ hard-working conservatives and Republicans (both under the 2024 election and Trump’s inauguration).
For the United States, these numbers may also represent deeper and broader reality. The American polity usually has Oppose polarization of immigrationand hope to see the rate of immigration decline. It’s true since the pandemic era at the southern border crossings and shelters advocated, and it’s a major campaign issue in 2024, which Trump largely sees as responsible for his own elections.
Of course, there may also be limitations of investigation design: These polls reveal more vague ideas about restrictive immigration policies represented by Trump rather than public perceptions of a particular policy or scenario. Once you propose a goal about who may be deported, how common these enforcement actions should be, and whether there should be some conditions or greater leniency for certain undocumented immigrants, public opinion often changes dramatically. For now, it is unclear what the news reports and the government’s response to the latest specific high-profile deportations.
With news reports, political debate and outcry (like the role of foreign prisons and Guantanamo Bay in holding immigration, and stories about specific, controversial cases), the public may eventually polarize Trump. That’s what happened between late 2017 and 2018, which was the pinnacle of Trump 1.0’s anti-immigration children-style policy. Around that time, public support for various immigrants began to inspire, and the openness to more immigrants became increasingly greater.
Still, 2017 is not. Since 9/11, public denial of immigration has been detrimental. Gallup tracking data. Again, Trump is still more popular now than during his first term, meaning he has room to spend money on political capital and advance his agenda while being hit by public opinion. In other words, Trump saw how responsible he was for immigration eight years ago while most of the public opposed him. This year, he is working hard to do more and the public will tolerate higher caps.
