Sunday, July 13, 2025

American Views on Immigration Take Massive Positive Swing

-Amid Trump's Crackdown

Americans' views on immigration took a massive positive swing this year amid President Donald Trump's ongoing crackdown, according to new Gallup polling. The share of Americans who thought immigration should decrease " 55% " reached a 5-year high point in 2024. This year, it has dropped to 30%, and positive views of immigration have hit a record high of 79%, according to poll results released July 11.

Posted by Corky at 08:57 PM | 7 COMMENTS | permalink

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"But this year, even among Republicans, views on immigration have grown significantly rosier " 64% of Republicans now believe immigration is a good thing, a 25-point jump from June of 2024.

The fraction of Republicans who think immigration should decrease has fallen from 88% to 48% in that time span.

Trump's immigration policies are broadly unpopular, with just 35% approving of his handling of the issue, according to the poll."

;;

Yum... tasty Trumper tears!

No one could have predicted that kidnapping citizens, legal residents, non-criminals, and others just because of their skin color... and shipping them to Somalia would prove to be unpopular, even with Republicans.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-13 09:01 PM

... "But this year, even among Republicans, views on immigration have grown significantly rosier -- 64% of Republicans now believe immigration is a good thing, a 25-point jump from June of 2024. ...

Woof. That's significant, and not at all lost in the margin or error.

What might be behind this apparent major change of opinion among Republicans?


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-13 09:24 PM

OK, lemme go to a source I have a good opinion of ...

President Trump Job Approval - Immigration
www.realclearpolling.com

...
RCP Average 5/28 - 7/7
Approve: 47.2
Disappove: 50.2
Spread: -3.0
...


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-13 09:28 PM

@#3

OK, even that -3 spread is not A Good Thing for the main issue of his campaign.

That leads me to ask, does Pres Trump's apparent doubling down on his deportation rhetoric help or hurt the public opinion of his job performance?


#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-13 09:30 PM

The Gallup Poll at the thread link is a single newer poll and... the 3 point spread you note is an Average for over a month beginning 6 weeks ago.

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-13 09:52 PM

@#5

Yup.

Trends, not instances.

That's why I prefer RCP polls. Yeah, they may take a week or two to "catch up" with most recent polls, but that's A Good Thing,, a single poll may not have sway.

OK, that aside, let's dive into the Gallup poll ...

Surge in U.S. Concern About Immigration Has Abated
news.gallup.com

... These findings are based on a June 2-26 Gallup poll of 1,402 U.S. adults, including oversamples of Hispanic and Black Americans, weighted to match national demographics. ...

So, registered voters?

Or, likely voters?

Or just a random adjusted sample?

At this point, it seems to be the latter.


#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-13 10:11 PM

"Trump's mass deportation is backfiring

Trump has managed to become this unpopular on immigration despite historic lows in border crossings. And the data suggest that's largely tied to deportations and ICE.

To wit:

59% overall and 66% of independents disapproved of Trump's handling of deportations, according to the Quinnipiac poll.

56% overall and 64% of independents disapproved of the way ICE was doing its job, according to Quinnipiac.

54% overall and 59% of independents said ICE has "gone too far" in enforcing immigration law, per the Marist poll. (Even 1 in 5 Republicans agreed.)

Americans disapproved 54-45% of ICE conducting more raids to find undocumented immigrants at workplaces, according to a Pew Research Center poll last month."

more

amp.cnn.com

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-13 10:59 PM

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