Trump and immigration, consensus in the US at an all-time low

The rate of approval of policies on immigration of the president Donald Trump has fallen to 39%, while a majority of Americans say that the anti-immigration campaign it went too far. This is the lowest level since his return to White House in January 2025, according to the latest Reuters and Ipsos survey.

The survey, conducted nationwide from Friday to Sunday, collected responses before and after Saturday immigration agents they killed a second US citizen a Minneapolis Alex Pretti, during clashes with protesters against the deployment of ICE agents in the city.

The decline in approval

According to research, only 39% of Americans approve of the work performed by Trump in the matter of immigrationa figure down from 41% at the beginning of January, while 53% disapprove. THE’immigration represented a strong point for the Trump’s popularity in the weeks after he took office in January 2025. As of February last year, 50% were in favor and 41% disapproved.

Trump’s promises and repression

Trump he won 2024 presidential election after having promisedhistoric wave of expulsions. Immigration agents with their faces covered, often in military-style gear, have become a common sight across the country and protests against repression have erupted in several cities, including Minneapoliswhere officers responded with brutal force.

Public opinion on Ice repression

Approximately 58% of respondents said that police officersImmigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) they went “too far” in theirs repressionwhile 12% said they didn’t go far enough and 26% said the officers’ actions were “more or less fair.” About nine Democrats in 10 said officers went too far, compared to two Republicans on 10 and six independent are 10.

Yesterday’s Trump-Noah interview

Trump received the Secretary of Homeland Security last night for almost two hours in the Oval Office Kristi Noem and his senior advisor Corey Lewandowski, after Noem had requested a direct interview with the head of the White House. Two sources familiar with the meeting reported this to CNN.
The meeting comes as the Trump administration shows the first signs of retreat in Minneapolis following the killing last Saturday of Alex Pretti, the second person to die this month in the city following operations conducted by federal agents. According to sources, the conversation was frank and direct. Trump did not question or threaten the appointments of either Noem or Lewandowski. At the center of the discussion, more than anything, is how to continue the implementation of the presidential agenda on immigration in Minnesota in a context marked by a strong national backlash, which also includes criticism from Republican circles, and by a situation of tension in the state. Other senior Trump administration officials, including the chief of staff, also attended the meeting Susie Wiles, the White House spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt and the director of communications Steven Cheung. News of the meeting was first reported by the New York Times.