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‘Here’s a clear sign President Donald Trump knows his approach to immigration is losing in the court of public opinion. White House deputy chief of staff James Blair “privately urged House Republicans on Tuesday to stop emphasizing ‘mass deportations’ and instead focus their messaging on removing violent criminals,” Axios reported this week, citing sources in the room.
But this proposed “fix” is almost certainly a lost cause.
There is plenty of data showing Trump’s immigration agenda is not popular. According to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll conducted in January, about 6 in 10 Americans said Trump has “gone too far” in sending federal immigration agents into U.S. cities, and about the same share disapproved of Trump’s overall handling of immigration. Approval of Trump’s overall handling of immigration has plunged about 10 percentage points from his first month in office, according to AP-NORC data. This pattern of decline in support for Trump’s immigration program has surfaced across many other surveys, and probably explains a good chunk of the decline in Trump’s overall approval ratings.
There are also warning signs that Trump’s coalition could fray over immigration: A Politico poll conducted in January found that 1 in 5 voters who supported Trump in 2024 think his mass deportation campaign is too aggressive.’
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Trump’s immigration policy certainly remains popular among the racist, bigoted right.
White grievance politics, racist replacement theory: conservatives want to remove immigrants of color from the country and create a climate of fear and repression to keep immigrants of color out of the country.
The Trump immigration agenda is motivated by racism, bigotry, and hate.
But this proposed “fix” is almost certainly a lost cause.
There is plenty of data showing Trump’s immigration agenda is not popular. According to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll conducted in January, about 6 in 10 Americans said Trump has “gone too far” in sending federal immigration agents into U.S. cities, and about the same share disapproved of Trump’s overall handling of immigration. Approval of Trump’s overall handling of immigration has plunged about 10 percentage points from his first month in office, according to AP-NORC data. This pattern of decline in support for Trump’s immigration program has surfaced across many other surveys, and probably explains a good chunk of the decline in Trump’s overall approval ratings.
There are also warning signs that Trump’s coalition could fray over immigration: A Politico poll conducted in January found that 1 in 5 voters who supported Trump in 2024 think his mass deportation campaign is too aggressive.’
Opinion | Trump knows he's losing on immigration
Trump is quietly panicking over the backlash to his immigration operation. But his solution is far-fetched.
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Trump’s immigration policy certainly remains popular among the racist, bigoted right.
White grievance politics, racist replacement theory: conservatives want to remove immigrants of color from the country and create a climate of fear and repression to keep immigrants of color out of the country.
The Trump immigration agenda is motivated by racism, bigotry, and hate.
