Trump’s Immigration Approval Craters as Americans Blame Republicans For DHS Shutdown
Independent voters who trust neither party on immigration hate ICE at 79 percent — and they're waiting for someone to make the case to them.
WASHINGTON — The numbers are in, and they are brutal for the administration. Three in five Americans now view ICE unfavorably, according to a Navigator Research poll released Wednesday — a 10-point surge since last June, when the agency’s crackdown was just getting started. The survey of 1,000 registered voters, conducted February 19-23, shows a country that has watched ICE in action and decided it doesn’t like what it sees:
The net favorability rating for ICE now sits at -24. In June 2025, it was -8. What changed? The cameras did. The stories did. Minneapolis did.
Sixty-two percent of respondents say ICE has been “too aggressive” in its approach — including 66 percent of independents and 47 percent of non-MAGA Republicans. That last number is the one that should keep Republican strategists up at night.
Trump’s immigration approval rating has now collapsed to net -17, down from net -3 just last April. More telling: it has converged with his overall job approval, erasing what had been his…