Americans Say Trump’s Mass Deportation Goes Too Far

“A majority of Americans remain supportive of President Trump’s goal of cracking down on illegal immigration—but they say his approach has gone too far,” according to a new Wall Street Journal poll.

“The poll found just over half of voters approve of Trump’s handling of illegal immigration, a centerpiece of his agenda, and that 62% of respondents favor deporting people who came to the country illegally. But the Trump administration’s mechanisms and levers for doing so are proving unpopular.”

“Specifically, two steps under Trump’s mass-deportation push were opposed by 58% of voters. The first is detaining and deporting people believed to be in the U.S. illegally without them seeing a judge or getting a hearing. The second is deporting immigrants to prisons in other countries, such as El Salvador and South Sudan, where they have no personal connections.”