President Donald Trump's approval rating has plummeted on one of his key issues — and he's dragging down support for the agency tasked with enforcing his immigration policies, a data analyst said Monday.
The president won re-election promising mass deportations, but CNN's Harry Enten said the public has seemingly turned on his crackdown less than six months after returning to office.
"Trump's net approval rating on immigration, [I've] got five numbers for you across the screen here," Enten said. "A lot of focus on Gallup at minus-27, that's horrible. Quinnipiac University minus-16, that's awful. Marist is bad at minus-nine. Ipsos is minus-eight. Fox at minus-seven – bad.
"So going from your left side, bad, to just downright terrible on the right side of your screen. The American people have turned against President Donald Trump on what was his best issue, one in which he had a positive net approval rating for most of his term, and arguably, the issue that got him, of course, the GOP nomination all the way back in 2016, and one of the issues, of course, he used last year to quite a successful degree."
"Why don't we zone in on Hispanic voters, right, because obviously a lot of the immigrants who have been affected by this have been Hispanic voters in terms of the immigration crackdown," Enten added.
"Take a look here: Trump's net approval rating amongst Hispanics. Remember, Trump put in a historic performance last fall among Hispanic voters, did better than any Republican nominee dating all the way back since we have data in 1972, his net approval rating among Hispanics in February was pretty gosh-darn good for a Republican at minus-two points. Look at how far it's fallen now in June. According to cbs news YouGov, at minus-26 points, and I should note CBS News, YouGov is not alone on this. This is what we see in the averages, as well. Donald Trump was doing historically well for Republican amongst Hispanics in terms of his net approval rating, and now he's basically back where he was during his first term, which is quite a low approval rating, one in which has brought his overall approval rating down amongst the entire electorate."
The approval rating for Immigration and Customs Enforcement has sunk in the early months of Trump's second presidency, as well.
"Tump's first term, the average [approval for ICE] was zero points, right, so right there on the bottom as many approve as disapprove," Enten said. "Look at where we are now in June of 2025, minus-17 points, all the way down. So the bottom line is this immigration crackdown not being viewed properly by the American public, bringing Donald Trump down and bringing Immigration and Customs Enforcement down with him."
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