Source: Erik McGregor / GettyLast month, we reported that multiple polls, including surveys conducted by Quinnipiac University and YouGov, found that the majority of Americans, nearly 60%, believed the killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross was unjustified and generally disapprove of how federal agencies are handling immigration enforcement.
Since then, Minnesota health professional Alex Pretti was unjustly shot and killed by federal agents. The Trump administration has faced backlash for lying about what happened to smear the victim. ICE has also been criticized for using a 5-year-old child as bait to arrest his father. The agency has been scrutinized for arresting people without proper warrants. Local police have joined citizens in accusing the feds of routine racial profiling.
So, let’s see where the people stand on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown now.
From NPR:
On the heels of two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens in Minnesota at the hands of federal immigration agents, 65% of Americans said Immigration and Customs Enforcement has “gone too far,” according to the latest NPR/PBS News Marist poll. President Trump is facing the highest intensity of disapproval since just after the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The percentage of those saying ICE has gone too far in enforcing immigration laws is an 11-point increase since last summer. It’s driven by independents and Democrats who both increased by double-digits.
Trump’s overall approval rating remains low at 39%, with 56% disapproving and a whopping 51% strongly disapproving. That’s the highest Marist has seen in its polling since it started asking how strongly respondents approve or disapprove of presidents dating back to 2017.
Well damn. Apparently, ICE approval is only going downhill, and the general approval of President Donald Trump is also declining during his second term.
OK, OK — but that was just one NPR poll. Surely there are other polls that weren’t largely responded to by people with “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” right?
From ABC News:
A Quinnipiac poll released on Wednesday found that 63% of voters disapprove of how ICE is enforcing immigration laws and 34% approve — a lower rating than the agency received in a January Quinnipiac poll when 57% disapproved and 40% approved.
An Ipsos poll released Monday found that 62% of Americans said current efforts by ICE officers to deal with unauthorized immigration go “too far.” That is up slightly from 58% who said the same in a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted the week before. The share of Republicans saying ICE efforts go too far was up 10 points, from 20% to 30%.
Damn, Trump isn’t beginning to lose Republicans, is he?
The director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, Lee Miringoff, suggests that the results might indicate a “shift” among some voters who previously supported him.
The thing in the numbers that we’ve been experiencing is the shift among some of the folks who voted for him — his voting coalition — not necessarily the governing support he has but his voting coalition,” Miringoff said.
The Quinnipiac poll found that 58% of voters believe DHS Secretary Kristi Noem should be removed from her position overseeing immigration operations. Additionally,60% said ICE should withdraw from Minneapolis. According to ICE Director Tom Homan, the administration has begun this withdrawal.
The concerning aspect is that ICE’s declining popularity has not deterred the Trump administration from doubling down on controversial practices. Federal judges have blocked attempts by the Trump administration to target documented immigrants in Minnesota and Ohio. In Oregon, a judge ordered immigration agents to stop arresting people without warrants unless there’s a likelihood of escape.
From the Associated Press:
U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai issued a preliminary injunction in a proposed class-action lawsuit targeting DHS’s practice of arresting immigrants encountered during enforcement operations — described as “arrest first, justify later.”
This practice has drawn concern from civil rights groups amid President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts.
Courts in Colorado and Washington D.C. have issued similar rulings like Kasubhai’s, which the government has appealed.
This administration seems determined to violate civil and human rights without restraint.
The question remains: why do they wonder why they are unpopular?
No one liked oppressive regimes either. Hope this helps.
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