The public is showing signs of souring on President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
According to a new CBS News/YouGov survey, the majority of U.S. adults disapprove of the Trump administration’s push to deport illegal immigrants and say that they no longer believe the administration is prioritizing criminals.
The erosion on those fronts coincides with a slide in his overall approval rating, which has dipped to 42% from 53% in February.
Sunday marked the sixth month of Mr. Trump’s second term.
Mr. Trump has followed through on his campaign promise of mass deportations. Deportations have jumped as Immigration and Customs Enforcement attempts to quickly remove illegal immigrants from the country.
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller reportedly ordered ICE in May to broaden its arrests. He wanted ICE to be more aggressive to significantly reduce the number of illegal immigrants who flooded into the country under President Joseph R. Biden.
As a result, ICE is arresting far more migrants without criminal records, angering some Democrats and immigration activists.
The CBS survey showed the number of people who approve of the Trump administration’s deportation efforts has climbed to 51% from 41% in February. Most Republicans, 91%, still overwhelmingly support his immigration crackdown, but 59% of independents do not approve.
The number of adults who say the Trump administration is focusing on deporting dangerous criminals has dropped from 53% to 44% since last month.
The percentage of people who say the administration is more focused on people who do not have criminal records has climbed to 56% from 47% Democrats are hoping the blowback continues to grow.
“He is spending all this money now on going around and terrorizing communities with high-profile ICE raids, which are not effective, which just turn people against him on immigration,” Rep. Adam Smith, Washington Democrat, said on “Fox News Sunday.”
Conducted July 16-18, the CBS News/YouGov included 2,343 U.S. adults and had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.
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美國民眾對川普總統打擊非法移民的行動，正顯示出日益不滿的跡象。
根據一項新的哥倫比亞廣播公司新聞/YouGov民意調查，大多數美國成年人不贊成川普政府推動驅逐非法移民的行動，並表示他們不再相信政府正在優先處理罪犯。在這些方面的支持度下滑，也恰逢他整體支持率的下降，從2月的53%跌至42%。
上週日是川普第二個任期的第六個月。
川普兌現了他競選時承諾的大規模驅逐行動。隨著移民和海關執法局（ICE）試圖迅速將非法移民驅逐出境，驅逐人數已大幅增加。
據報導，白宮副幕僚長史蒂芬·米勒在五月份命令ICE擴大逮捕範圍。他希望ICE更積極地行動，以顯著減少在喬瑟夫·R·拜登總統任期內湧入該國的非法移民人數。
結果，ICE逮捕了更多沒有犯罪記錄的移民，這激怒了一些民主黨人和移民活動家。
哥倫比亞廣播公司調查顯示，贊同川普政府驅逐行動的人數從2月的41%上升到51%。大多數共和黨人（91%）仍然壓倒性地支持他對移民的打擊，但59%的獨立選民不贊成。
自上個月以來，表示川普政府專注於驅逐危險罪犯的成年人比例已從53%下降到44%。而認為政府更關注沒有犯罪記錄者的人數比例則從47%上升到56%。
民主黨人希望這種反彈繼續擴大。華盛頓州民主黨眾議員亞當·史密斯在「福斯週日新聞」上說：「他現在把所有這些錢花在到處恐嚇社區，進行高調的ICE突襲，這些行動沒有效果，只會讓民眾在移民問題上反對他。」
這項哥倫比亞廣播公司新聞/YouGov調查於7月16日至18日進行，共訪問了2343名美國成年人，誤差範圍為正負2.5個百分點。