Poll: How Americans feel about ICE right now #shorts

Six in 10 Americans disapprove of the job U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is doing, according to a new PBS News/NPR/Marist Poll.

The latest poll was conducted in the days that followed the killing of Alex Pretti by Customs and Border Protection agents in Minneapolis, the second fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by federal immigration officials in the city this year.

Nearly two-thirds of respondents, 65%, feel ICE has gone too far in enforcing immigration laws. That’s a jump from 54% last June, when the Trump administration began enhanced enforcement efforts in Los Angeles.

Another 22% of respondents say the agency's actions are about right, compared to 26% last year. The percentage that believes ICE is not going far enough in its efforts dropped from 18% to 12%.

As anti-immigration enforcement protests across the U.S. have grown in size and visibility, a majority of Americans view the demonstrations as mostly legitimate and lawful. Fifty-nine percent of Americans say the protesters are mostly legitimate, while 40% believe they are mostly people acting unlawfully.

Meanwhile, the majority of Americans, at 56% percent, disapprove of President Donald Trump’s job performance, while 39% approve.

Strikingly, 51% say they strongly disapprove. That's the highest share who have said that since Trump reentered the Oval Office last year. It's a level of disapproval matched in Marist polling only in the days after a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump's support among Republicans remains high, at 85%, but his support among Black, Latino and young voters – all groups that moved his direction in the 2024 election – has continued to diminish.

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