Public approval for President Donald Trump’s immigration policies has reached its lowest point since his return to the White House, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows, with a majority of Americans now believing his tough approach has gone too far.
The nationwide survey, conducted between Friday and Sunday, collected responses both before and after immigration officials killed a second U.S. citizen in Minneapolis on Saturday. This incident occurred amid clashes with protesters over Trump’s deployment of immigration agents in cities across the country.
Only 39 percent of Americans now approve of Trump’s handling of immigration, down two points from earlier this month, while 53 percent disapprove. This marks a significant drop from February, shortly after his inauguration in January, when 50 percent approved and 41 percent disapproved, suggesting that immigration was once a stronger factor in his popularity.
Trump’s overall approval rating also fell to 38 percent, matching the lowest level of his current term, compared to 41 percent in the previous Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted Jan. 12-13.
About 58 percent of respondents said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have gone “too far” in their crackdown, while 12 percent said they have not gone far enough and 26 percent said the agents’ efforts were “about right.” About nine in 10 Democrats say the officers went too far, compared to two in 10 Republicans and six in 10 independents.
The poll, conducted online nationwide, collected responses from 1,139 U.S. adults and had a margin of error of about 3 percentage points.
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