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Polls say voters think immigration policies have gone too far
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The NPR Politics Podcast hosts say there have been major shifts in voters’ thoughts on immigration.
The NPR Politics Podcast hosts say there have been major shifts in voters’ thoughts on immigration.
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Polls say voters think immigration policies have gone too far
Season 8 Episode 3 | 2mVideo has Closed Captions
The NPR Politics Podcast hosts say there have been major shifts in voters’ thoughts on immigration.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipWe saw in Minnesota and across the nation, the overreach from ICE and just the terrible brutality that's happened.
So by, again, trying to send a strong message that not only are we electing people who are opposed to that, but also who are willing to say things like abolish ICE.
At a recent live taping of The NPR Politics Podcast in Seattle, hosted by Cascade PBS, attendees brought up immigration enforcement as a key issue.
The podcast hosts said that could be a problem for Republicans this election season.
Well, immigration used to be the Trump administration's best issue, polling-wise.
It still is, but it's dropped a tremendous amount.
And Donald Trump did really well among Hispanics in 2024, but those numbers have dropped.
And you even have Latino members of Congress criticizing, not the overall initial explanation of what the policy was, which was to deport undocumented immigrants with criminal records.
People are fine with that.
What they didn't like is when their grandma's CNA was deported, or the people who work in the meatpacking plant.
So majorities of Americans, according to polls, think that Trump's immigration policies have gone too far.
And one Hispanic member of Congress, María Elvira Salazar, ran an ad speaking directly to Trump.
She says, "50% of the 50,000 people that were detained had no criminal records.
The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today."
And that's a pretty big break.
Next time, The NPR Politics Podcast team talks about how, not just a policy, but Trump himself, could be a major factor even though he's not on the ballot this year.
I'm Paris Jackson.
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