Trump's Poll Approval Craters--Even on His Top Policy Issue

Polls released on Sunday showed the country breaking with the president over his anti-immigration agenda.

Corbin Bolies
Media Reporter

Updated Jul. 20 2025 2:42PM EDT
Published Jul. 20 2025 2:41PM EDT

Americans think President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown has crossed the line.

A CNN/SSRS poll released Sunday showed that 55 percent of Americans think that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids are going too far. A new CBS News/YouGov poll also found 52 percent of Americans say that the administration is trying to deport more people than they expected.

A majority in both polls—57 percent in the CNN poll, 58 percent in the CBS News poll—said they opposed how the Trump administration was using massive detention facilities for migrants, while 53 percent of people told CNN they didn’t want ICE’s budget to increase. Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill allocated a total of $171 billion to the Department of Homeland Security, with $45 billion going to ICE’s detention system and $30 billion to his deportation drive.

The change in sentiment, following months of approval of Trump’s approach, reflects the broader frustration with the administration as Trump demands it scale up its raids. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller set a goal of 3,000 deportations per day in late May, setting off protests around the country as ICE stepped up its raids. Trump sent 4,000 members of the National Guard and 700 Marines to Los Angeles to quell demonstrations over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom.

snip

more at link

https://www.thedailybeast.com/americans-dramatically-turn-against-trumps-ice-raids/