A recent poll released on Sunday, August 2nd, 2026, reveals that only 39% of US adults approve of President Donald Trump’s handling of immigration, a decline from 49% at the start of his second term. Despite this overall drop in approval, about 80% of members of Trump’s Republican Party still support his immigration approach, though this is slightly lower than the approximately 90% approval seen earlier in his term.

The poll indicates that half of Americans believe Trump has gone too far on deportations. Most Americans also disapprove of his use of traffic stops to identify and arrest undocumented immigrants—a practice linked to two recent US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shootings in Maine—and the deployment of federal immigration agents into US cities.

Few Republicans (around 20% or fewer) think Trump has overstepped on deporting undocumented immigrants or restricting legal immigration.

The poll, conducted by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, also notes that immigration remains a stronger issue for Trump than the economy or Iran. Additional context includes Trump’s denouncement of the Justice Department’s decision to drop charges related to the Reflecting Pool, revelations by the New York Times about a Trump administration subpoena concerning a North Korea story, and Capital One citing anti-money laundering concerns in a case involving the Trump Organization.

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