Mass Deportations Quickly Became Wildly Unpopular (POLL)

A new poll shows 52% of Americans now say the ICE funding surge has gone too far as voters still back due process and legal pathways—even with widening partisan splits.

WASHINGTON — Americans broadly reject punitive immigration measures and favor legal pathways and due process protections, even as partisan splits grow sharper under President Trump’s second-term policies, according to PRRI’s 2025 American Values Survey released last week. A slim majority also says the administration’s push to expand ICE enforcement resources has gone too far, underscoring a national backlash to hard-edge tactics alongside continued polarization on border and immigration policy priorities.