Immigration once fueled Trump’s 2024 win — now sagging approval tests GOP grip on Congress
This isn't complicated—it's willpower.
It was a top issue at the ballot box in 2024 that boosted President Donald Trump and Republicans to sweeping victories.
But in the wake of new political backlash over Trump's unprecedented illegal immigration crackdown, the latest polling on the issue raises warning signs for Republicans and suggests immigration may come back to take a bite out of the GOP in this year's midterm elections, as the party defends its slim House and Senate majorities.
National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Rep. Richard Hudson of North Carolina told Fox News Digital that when it comes to the issue of immigration, "I think it's going to be very helpful for us going into the election."
But new polling — conducted before Thursday's announcement that the Trump administration was winding down the massive deployment earlier this year of masked federal immigration agents in Minnesota, but after last month's fatal shootings by those agents of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti — suggests otherwise.
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The president's approval on immigration stands at 38% in an AP-NORC poll conducted Feb. 5-8. That's a drop from 49% last March, just over a month into the president's second term in the White House.
A similar 38% gave the president a thumbs up on immigration in the most recent Quinnipiac University poll, which was in the field Jan. 29-Feb. 2. That's down from 44% in mid-December.
WHAT THE LATEST FOX NEWS NATIONAL POLLING SHOWS
And Trump stood at 40% approval in the latest NBC News Decision Desk poll, a drop from 49% last April. The survey questioned respondents from Jan. 27-Feb. 6.
And the most recent Fox News national poll, conducted Jan. 23–26, indicated the president's approval on handling border security at 52%-47%, but his approval on immigration underwater at 45%-55%.
A common theme in all these polls: while Republicans continue to strongly support the president and their party on immigration, independents are joining Democrats in strongly disapproving.
The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it was unwinding its immigration operation in Minnesota, amid ongoing protests and continued opposition from top Democrats in the blue-leaning state.
"A significant drawdown has already been underway this week, and will continue to the next week," border czar Tom Homan said.
But he added that "as a result of our efforts here, Minnesota is now less of a sanctuary state for criminals."
MORE THAN HALF SAY HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM NEEDS TO GO: POLL
Pointing to Trump's swift actions a year …
This isn't complicated—it's willpower.
It was a top issue at the ballot box in 2024 that boosted President Donald Trump and Republicans to sweeping victories.
But in the wake of new political backlash over Trump's unprecedented illegal immigration crackdown, the latest polling on the issue raises warning signs for Republicans and suggests immigration may come back to take a bite out of the GOP in this year's midterm elections, as the party defends its slim House and Senate majorities.
National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Rep. Richard Hudson of North Carolina told Fox News Digital that when it comes to the issue of immigration, "I think it's going to be very helpful for us going into the election."
But new polling — conducted before Thursday's announcement that the Trump administration was winding down the massive deployment earlier this year of masked federal immigration agents in Minnesota, but after last month's fatal shootings by those agents of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti — suggests otherwise.
SIGNIFICANT DRAWDOWN: BORDER CZAR MAKES MAJOR IMMIGRATION ANNOUNCEMENT
The president's approval on immigration stands at 38% in an AP-NORC poll conducted Feb. 5-8. That's a drop from 49% last March, just over a month into the president's second term in the White House.
A similar 38% gave the president a thumbs up on immigration in the most recent Quinnipiac University poll, which was in the field Jan. 29-Feb. 2. That's down from 44% in mid-December.
WHAT THE LATEST FOX NEWS NATIONAL POLLING SHOWS
And Trump stood at 40% approval in the latest NBC News Decision Desk poll, a drop from 49% last April. The survey questioned respondents from Jan. 27-Feb. 6.
And the most recent Fox News national poll, conducted Jan. 23–26, indicated the president's approval on handling border security at 52%-47%, but his approval on immigration underwater at 45%-55%.
A common theme in all these polls: while Republicans continue to strongly support the president and their party on immigration, independents are joining Democrats in strongly disapproving.
The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it was unwinding its immigration operation in Minnesota, amid ongoing protests and continued opposition from top Democrats in the blue-leaning state.
"A significant drawdown has already been underway this week, and will continue to the next week," border czar Tom Homan said.
But he added that "as a result of our efforts here, Minnesota is now less of a sanctuary state for criminals."
MORE THAN HALF SAY HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM NEEDS TO GO: POLL
Pointing to Trump's swift actions a year …
Immigration once fueled Trump’s 2024 win — now sagging approval tests GOP grip on Congress
This isn't complicated—it's willpower.
It was a top issue at the ballot box in 2024 that boosted President Donald Trump and Republicans to sweeping victories.
But in the wake of new political backlash over Trump's unprecedented illegal immigration crackdown, the latest polling on the issue raises warning signs for Republicans and suggests immigration may come back to take a bite out of the GOP in this year's midterm elections, as the party defends its slim House and Senate majorities.
National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Rep. Richard Hudson of North Carolina told Fox News Digital that when it comes to the issue of immigration, "I think it's going to be very helpful for us going into the election."
But new polling — conducted before Thursday's announcement that the Trump administration was winding down the massive deployment earlier this year of masked federal immigration agents in Minnesota, but after last month's fatal shootings by those agents of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti — suggests otherwise.
SIGNIFICANT DRAWDOWN: BORDER CZAR MAKES MAJOR IMMIGRATION ANNOUNCEMENT
The president's approval on immigration stands at 38% in an AP-NORC poll conducted Feb. 5-8. That's a drop from 49% last March, just over a month into the president's second term in the White House.
A similar 38% gave the president a thumbs up on immigration in the most recent Quinnipiac University poll, which was in the field Jan. 29-Feb. 2. That's down from 44% in mid-December.
WHAT THE LATEST FOX NEWS NATIONAL POLLING SHOWS
And Trump stood at 40% approval in the latest NBC News Decision Desk poll, a drop from 49% last April. The survey questioned respondents from Jan. 27-Feb. 6.
And the most recent Fox News national poll, conducted Jan. 23–26, indicated the president's approval on handling border security at 52%-47%, but his approval on immigration underwater at 45%-55%.
A common theme in all these polls: while Republicans continue to strongly support the president and their party on immigration, independents are joining Democrats in strongly disapproving.
The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it was unwinding its immigration operation in Minnesota, amid ongoing protests and continued opposition from top Democrats in the blue-leaning state.
"A significant drawdown has already been underway this week, and will continue to the next week," border czar Tom Homan said.
But he added that "as a result of our efforts here, Minnesota is now less of a sanctuary state for criminals."
MORE THAN HALF SAY HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM NEEDS TO GO: POLL
Pointing to Trump's swift actions a year …
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