Trump wants mass deportations, but US views of immigration are more positive since he took office

Washington – Only a few months after President Donald Trump returned to functions promising mass deportations, the share of American adults claiming that immigration is a “good thing” for the country has suffered considerably – including among the Republicans, according to the new Gallup poll.

About 8, out of 10, 79%, say that immigration is “a good thing” for the country today, an increase of 64% a year ago and a high point in the trend of almost 25 years. Only about 2 out of 10 American adults say that immigration is a bad thing right now, against 32% last year.

During the mandate of Democratic President Joe Biden in office, the negative opinions of immigration had increased considerably, reaching a high point in the months preceding Trump, a republican, took office. Gallup’s new data suggest that we, adults, come back to more pro-immigrant opinions that could complicate Trump’s push to sweep the deportations in his second mandate. The points of view of the Americans on immigration policies have evolved considerably in the past year – including among the Republicans, who have become much more satisfied with the immigration levels since Trump took up his duties but who also grew more favorable to the citizenship ways of the country illegally.

The broader trend also shows that public opinion is generally much more favorable to immigrants than decades.

The more positive opinion of Americans on immigration is mainly motivated by a change between the Republicans and the self -employed.

About two -thirds of the Republicans now say that immigrants are “a good thing” for the country, against 39% last year. And the self -employed went from around two thirds of last year to 80% this year.

Democrats have maintained their extremely positive vision of immigration in recent years.

Since Trump took office, the Republicans have become more satisfied with the level of immigration in the country.

The share of Americans who want immigration to be “decreased” in the United States increased from 55% to 30%. While fewer Americans now want to decrease the number of people who come to the United States from other countries, more immigration levels have maintained the same as wanting higher immigration levels. About 4 out of 10 say that immigration should be maintained at its current level and that only 26% say that immigration should be increased.

The survey suggests that the anti -immigrant opinions of the Republicans underlined before the November elections – which helped to return Trump to the White House – were largely gone. The share of Republicans saying that immigration should be reduced from 88% to 48% in the past year. Nearly 4 out of 10 Republicans now say that immigration levels should remain the same, and only about 1 in 10 would like an increase.

A large part of this republican movement probably comes from the support for the strict application of immigration of the Trump administration, but there are also signs in the Gallup survey that Republicans have become more favorable to the citizenship pathways of immigrants in the priorities of the country’s administration.

Most Americans prefer to allow immigrants living in the United States illegally the possibility of becoming American citizens if they meet certain requirements over a period of time, according to the survey.

Nearly 9 out of 10, 85%American adults promote a way to citizenship for immigrants who have been brought to the United States illegally as a child, and almost as much say that they promote a path to citizenship for all immigrants in the country illegally as long as they meet certain requirements.

This increased support for citizenship roads comes largely from Republicans, of which around 6 out of 10 now support this, against 46% last year. The support was already very high among the self -employed and the Democrats.

Support for deported immigrants in the country has also decreased in all areas, but less significantly. About 4 out of 10 American adults now prefer immigrants who are illegally in the country, compared to about half a year.