Individuals maintain combined views on President Donald Trump’s immigration insurance policies, in line with a brand new ABC Information/Washington Submit/Ipsos ballot.
Voters are divided on sending migrants residing in america missing authorized standing who’re accused of gang membership to an El Salvador jail with out a courtroom listening to however primarily oppose deporting worldwide college students who criticize U.S. coverage within the Center East, in line with the ballot.
Within the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a migrant who was deported to El Salvador regardless of a courtroom order prohibiting it, extra respondents mentioned he ought to be returned to the U.S. somewhat than stay imprisoned in El Salvador, 42-26%. There’s room for motion; 3 in 10 in an ABC Information/Washington Submit/Ipsos ballot launched Friday mentioned they do not know sufficient in regards to the case to say.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant on this handout picture obtained by Reuters on April 9, 2025.
Abrego Garcia Household By way of Reuters
General, 46% mentioned they approve of the way in which Trump is dealing with immigration, whereas 53% mentioned they disapprove. On one hand, that is a 4-point drop in approval from a Washington Submit/Ipsos ballot in February. On the opposite, it is Trump’s greatest ranking throughout seven points examined on this survey, produced for ABC Information by Langer Analysis Associateswith fieldwork by Ipsos.
There’s about an excellent division, furthermore, on Trump’s efforts to deport undocumented immigrants normally. Forty-eight % mentioned Trump is “going too far” on this regard, whereas 50% mentioned he is both dealing with it about proper (34%) or not going far sufficient (16%).
There’s additionally an in depth break up on the deportation of suspected gang members to an El Salvador jail with out a courtroom listening to: Forty-seven % mentioned they assist this motion, whereas 51% mentioned they opposed.
That consequence underscores animosity towards undocumented immigrants, as seen in distinction to views on deporting worldwide college students who’ve criticized U.S. coverage within the Center East: On this case, assist for deportation drops to 39%, with 59% opposed.
Partisans
Partisanship is a robust issue.
About 9 in 10 Republicans mentioned they approve of Trump’s dealing with of immigration, whereas 1 in 10 Democrats mentioned they accepted. Amongst independents, 45% mentioned they approve.
Trump additionally wins approval on immigration from 93% of his 2024 voters, in contrast with 8% of those that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris. Nonetheless, he falls nicely quick amongst those that did not vote for president within the 2024 elections, who disapprove of Trump on immigration by 59%-40%.
Salvadoran jail guards escort a person because the alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the MS-13 gang just lately deported by the U.S. authorities are to be imprisoned within the Terrorism Confinement Middle (CECOT) jail, in Tecoluca, El Salvador April 12, 2025.
Press Secretary of the Presidency By way of Reuters
In one other broad partisan hole, 85% of Democrats mentioned they suppose Trump is “going too far” with deportations. Sixty % of Republicans mentioned they suppose he is dealing with this about proper — and 27% mentioned he is not going far sufficient. Independents once more fall in between.
Republicans’ attitudes will not be monolithic. Eighty-two % mentioned they assist sending suspected gang members to a jail in El Salvador with out courtroom hearings. Fewer, however nonetheless 70%, mentioned they assist deporting worldwide school college students who’re vital of U.S. coverage within the Center East. Fewer nonetheless, 53%, mentioned Abrego Garcia ought to stay in El Salvador, although simply 14% mentioned they favor his return, with the remainder uncertain.
Hispanic individuals mentioned they disapprove of Trump’s dealing with of immigration total, by 67%-32%. Males divided about evenly on the difficulty, whereas most girls mentioned they disapprove, 58%-41%. Approval on the difficulty ranges from 65% of individuals in rural areas to 45% in suburbs and 36% in cities, with sizable rural and suburban gender gaps.
And there is a hole by age: Fifty-nine % of these youthful than 40 mentioned disapprove of Trump on immigration, whereas 48% of these age 50 and older mentioned they disapprove.
Methodology: This ABC Information/Washington Submit/Ipsos ballot was performed on-line by way of the probability-based Ipsos KnowledgePanel® April 18-22, 2025, in English and Spanish, amongst a random nationwide pattern of two,464 adults. Partisan divisions are 30%-30%-29%, Democrats-Republicans-independents.
Outcomes have a margin of error of plus or minus 2 proportion factors, together with the design impact. Error margins are bigger for subgroups. Sampling error shouldn’t be the one supply of variations in polls.
The survey was produced for ABC Information by Langer Analysis Associateswith sampling and information assortment by Ipsos. See particulars on ABC Information survey methodology right here.
