According to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, only 39% of Americans approve of President Trump’s handling of immigration.
Published January 27, 2026
A new survey shows support for immigrants has fallen to an all-time low amid growing backlash over two mass shootings linked to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll released Monday found that just 39% of Americans approve of President Trump’s handling of immigration, compared with 41% earlier this month.
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The poll, conducted from Friday to Sunday, sparked protests over the weekend’s shooting death of 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Preti by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Preti was the second person to be killed by federal agents in the city in less than a month, following the Jan. 7 shooting death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
In the face of growing backlash, President Trump said Monday he would send border czar Tom Homan to Minneapolis and struck a positive tone about his administration’s relationship with Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz after he said his phone conversation with the state Democratic governor, Tim Walz, was “very good.”
In a new poll, 58% of respondents said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have gone “too far” in cracking down on unauthorized immigrants, while 26% said their actions were “about right” and 12% said they didn’t go far enough.
This poll mirrors the results of several polls conducted before Preeti’s murder.
In a poll conducted by The New York Times and Siena College and released Friday, 61% of respondents said ICE’s tactics go too far, while 26% said they were “about right” and 11% said they didn’t go far enough.
A Jan. 16 Wall Street Journal poll found that 58% of respondents said the Trump administration’s efforts to deport illegal immigrants have gone too far, while 46% said they were about right or not going far enough.
