CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten noted Wednesday that Americans have become “more hawkish” on illegal immigration since President Donald Trump’s first term.
ABC News in October 2024 found that a majority of American adults (56%) supported deporting all illegal immigrants. public opinion poll. Enten noted that the latest share in the same poll favoring deportation is up significantly from 42% in 2015 and 36% in 2016. (Related: Trump’s DHS throws two Biden-era immigration policies in the trash)
“I think this is where it gets really interesting, so let’s look at the ABC News question in particular, and it really shows that a lot has changed since eight years ago, when Trump first took office. 2015 If you go back to 2016, it was 42%. Look at where we are now. “This was taken at the end of last year, and it was 56%, which was 20 points higher than just before Trump first took office. Everyone’s sentiment towards deportation has become quite hawkish; I think that gives Donald Trump more influence, even though some may say he’s aligned with the American people and has some kind of hawkish, harsh opinions. The pursuit of immigration is based on different rhetoric and issues.
“So I think the American people will get the benefit of the doubt in doing what Donald Trump wants to do, at least if you believe these straightforward questions, including this one,” Enten continued. Ta.
Encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border reached historic highs during former President Joe Biden’s administration, resulting in approximately 8.5 million migrant encounters through four fiscal years.
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A Gallup poll found that 55% of Americans want to see lower immigration levels in 2024, up from 38% in 2016 and 41% in 2023. Enten said.
“The bottom line is that people’s overall sentiment on immigration has become more hawkish since Donald Trump took office,” Enten added.
Enten also pointed to polls conducted by The New York Times, Marquette University, ABC, and CBC News, all of which found that a majority of Americans, ranging from 55% to 64%, believe that all illegal immigrants in the United States should be deported. I answered that I think it should be done.
During his campaign, Trump repeatedly promised to carry out mass deportations and strengthen the U.S.-Mexico border. When he was re-elected Monday night, he signed 11 executive orders on immigration, declaring a national emergency at the border, stripping birthright citizenship from children born to illegal immigrants and enforcing a border wall. ordered authorities to begin rebuilding Mexico and reinstated the Remain in Mexico policy.
new trump administration reversed Two law enforcement agencies during the Biden administration have blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from conducting enforcement operations in “sensitive locations,” including churches and schools, and reversed the “widespread use” of humanitarian parole to reduce cases. announced that it would return to Case by case. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said criminals, including murderers and rapists, will no longer “avoid arrest” in these dangerous locations.
Since President Trump’s reelection, Congress has taken swift action to pass legislation to strengthen the border and protect Americans from potential crimes committed by illegal immigrants.
The U.S. House and Senate passed the Laken-Reilly Act, which requires federal authorities to detain illegal immigrants who commit theft-related crimes and allows states to direct the Department of Homeland Security because illegal immigrants pose a threat to American citizens. He agreed to sue. The bill is named after a 22-year-old nursing student who was murdered at the hands of Jose Ibarra, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela with a long criminal history.
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