President Donald Trump's approval rating on immigration has fallen to its lowest level since he returned to the White House, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. Only 39 percent of Americans now approve of his handling of immigration, down two points from earlier this month, while 53 percent disapprove.
The decline marks a significant shift from February, shortly after his January inauguration, when 50 percent approved and 41 percent disapproved. The poll, conducted between Friday and Sunday, gathered responses both before and after immigration officers killed a second US citizen in Minneapolis on Saturday during confrontations with protesters.
Trump's overall approval rating also dropped to 38 percent, matching the lowest level of his current term, down from 41 percent in a previous Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted on January 12-13. Some 58 percent of respondents said US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have gone 'too far' in their crackdown, while 12 percent said they had not gone far enough and 26 percent said the efforts were 'about right.'
The poll found that about nine in 10 Democrats said the agents have gone too far, compared to two in 10 Republicans and six in 10 independents. The survey was conducted online nationwide, gathering responses from 1,139 US adults, with a margin of error of about 3 percentage points.
