Public Trust in Trump on Immigration Plummets as ICE Favorability Collapses

Overview

• Pew polling reported that trust in President Trump’s handling of immigration has fallen to 41 percent while distrust sits at 58 percent.
• Separate Pew and Mulaw figures show ICE’s net favorability has dropped to minus 20 among all voters and minus 42 among independents.
• Recent enforcement incidents, including the fatal shooting of Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine and an earlier killing in Houston, are cited by analysts as a central cause of the public reaction.
• CNN analyst Harry Enten said the shifts mean Trump has lost a long-standing political advantage on immigration and that independents are driving much of the change in public opinion.
• The drop in trust and agency favorability could reshape political messaging and voter dynamics, so analysts say observers should watch independent voter polls and any federal reviews of ICE operations.