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Trump's immigration approval drops to record low

Jan 27, 2026

American approval of US President Donald Trump's immigration policy fell to its lowest level ‍since his return to the White House in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, with a majority of Americans saying his crackdown on immigration has ⁠gone too far.

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The poll, conducted nationwide between Friday and Sunday, gathered responses before and after immigration officers on Saturday killed a second US citizen in Minneapolis during confrontations with protesters over Trump's deployment of immigration ‌agents to cities across the US.

Just 39 per cent of Americans approve of ‍the job Trump is doing on immigration, down from 41 per cent earlier this month, while 53 per cent disapprove, the poll found.

Immigration was a brighter spot for Trump's popularity in the weeks following his January inauguration. In February, 50 per cent approved and 41 per cent disapproved.

Trump's ‌overall approval rating sank to 38 per cent, tying the lowest level of his current term as it dropped from 41 per cent in the prior Reuters/Ipsos poll ‍conducted on January 12-13.

Some 58 per cent of poll respondents said US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have gone "too far" in their crackdown, while 12 per cent said they had not gone far enough and 26 per cent said the agents' efforts were "about right".

About nine-in-10 Democrats said the agents had gone too far, compared to two-in-10 Republicans and six-in-10 independents.

The poll, conducted online nationwide, gathered responses from 1139 US adults and had a margin of error of ‍about three percentage points.