President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is costing him support from a key voter demographic – and they may take out their anger against Republicans this fall.
The 79-year-old president is sparking backlash among Latino voters, who backed him at record-high levels for a GOP candidate in 2024, and CNN's Harry Enten said that could cost Republicans their congressional majorities.
"There has been a massivebacklash against the presidentof the United States among Latino voters," Enten told "CNN News Central." "Let's just take a look at Trump's net approval ratingamong Latinos. You know, you goback a year ago, right at thebeginning of his first term,wasn't too bad, right? Aboutfive points underwater. A lot of Republicans would really likethat. But take a look where weare today, over a 20-pointdecline now down to minus-28 points.Donald Trump's net approvalrating among Latinos, a muchlarger drop we've seen among Latinos than we have seen amongthe American electorate overall."
Trump's mass deportation program is driving that dissatisfaction, Enten said.
"You goback a year ago, according tothe CBS News/YouGov poll, he wasright at even right, as manypeople approved as disapproved," he said. "Again, that's really goodnumbers for Republicans among Latinos, but look at where weare now, 34 points underwater.There has been an over 30-pointshift away, away from Donald Trump among Latinos on hisdeportation program. What wehave seen among Latinos is adrop overall, much of which isbeing driven by how they areviewing his deportation program."
Enten said those trends point to big losses for Republican candidates in November's elections.
"So you see thesenumbers among Trump, but theydon't really matter if, ofcourse, we don't actually see Latinos taking out their angeron Republicans in Congress," he said. "Sowhat are we seeing here? Choicefor election among Latinos, backin November of 2024, Kamala Harris won Latinos, but just byfour points. It was one of thebest, if not the best,performance for Republicanpresidential candidate onrecord, Donald Trump. But lookat where we are now in the 2026race for Congress, Democratshave widened, expanding thatlead. They're now up by 19points, a 15-point switcheroofrom the margin that we saw inthe 2024 presidential election."
"Latinos are very angry with Donald Trump," Enten added, "and it looks likein this midterm election,they're going to take out thatanger on Republicans at theballot box."