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CBS News poll finds support for Trump's deportation program falls; Americans call for more focus on prices
Republicans and MAGA remain solidly behind Trump.
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CBS News poll finds support for Trump's deportation program falls; Americans call for more focus on prices
After six months that included a string of achievements on President Trump's legislative goals, views of his second term are increasingly defined by the difference between his political base, which likes what it sees, and the rest of the country, which has growing doubt.
On the economic front, it comes from continued calls to focus more on prices, rather than tariffs, which most Americans oppose. And now, there's the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which at least initially, most believe will help the wealthy.
On matters of deportation, differences hinge on who, and how many, Americans see as being targeted, as well as the use of detention facilities. Here again, the Republican and MAGA political base remain overwhelmingly approving of it all, but the rest of the American public has become less so.
(On another matter, by comparison, most say the case of Jeffrey Epstein is not very important in their evaluations of the president, and in particular, the president's MAGA base remains overwhelmingly approving of his job performance, especially on immigration.)
Most now say the administration is not prioritizing dangerous criminals for deportation and also is deporting more people than they thought it would.
The program had majority support earlier in the term, but today it does not, moving along with that perception of who is being deported.
Meanwhile, most disapprove of the way the administration is using detention facilities.
Approval of the deportation program has slipped over these months to become slightly net-negative now, with support becoming more exclusively drawn from Republicans and MAGA identifiers.
Hispanic Americans, along with Americans overall, say Hispanic people are being targeted more than others for searches, and those who think so say that's unfair.
As a result, Hispanic approval of the deportation program and of Mr. Trump more generally is lower today than it was earlier in the term. (For broader context, too, during the 2024 election, Mr. Trump made gains with Hispanic voters and started his term with approval from half of Hispanics. Today he has one-third.)
This, despite widespread public views that Mr. Trump's policies have reduced border crossings.
That suggests that Mr. Trump's declining marks on immigration generally are more connected to his deportation program than activity at the border, these days.
And on balance, it's an example of how a policy pendulum can swing in American politics: in the first year of Joe Biden's presidency, most Americans said he and Democrats were not being tough enough on immigration. Today, most Americans say Mr. Trump and the Republicans are being too tough.
Half the country (again, largely outside that political base) now says the president is focusing too much on deportation.
Economics, tariffs and "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"
What do people want Mr. Trump to focus on? That part isn't news: it's still prices, as it's been throughout the term. Seven in 10 say the administration isn't doing enough to try to lower them.
