Trump’s Immigration Ratings Turn Negative, Post-ABC-Ipsos Poll Finds

Trump immigration — President Donald Trump signs the Laken Riley Act in January. The bill is named in memory of a nursing student killed by an undocumented immigrant in Georgia and allows the detention of undocumented immigrants accused of theft-related crimes. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

By David Nakamura, Emily Guskin, Scott Clement and Arelis R. Hernández

President Donald Trump’s approval ratings on immigration, relatively strong in the early weeks of his second term, have dipped into negative territory, according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll, a sign that his administration’s hard-line and, in some cases, legally dubious enforcement tactics are losing public support.

A majority of Americans, 53 percent, disapprove of Trump’s handling of immigration, with 46 percent approving, a reversal from February when half of the public voiced approval of his approach. Negative views have ticked up across partisan groups over the past two months, with 90 percent of Democrats, 56 percent of independents and 11 percent of Republicans now disapproving of the way the president has managed one of his core policy issues.

The findings buttress other recent polls that have tracked falling approval ratings for Trump on immigration, though he still draws higher marks on the issue than on other matters. They come amid mounting public frustration more broadly over his presidency as it closes in on its first 100 days, which have been marked by a blizzard of unilateral actions sometimes violating the constitutional bounds of presidential authority.

White House aides had hoped that Trump’s actions on immigration and a dwindling number of undocumented immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border would help bolster his public standing despite declining support in other areas.

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