WASHINGTON: US public support for President Donald Trump’s immigration policies has fallen to its lowest point since he returned to the White House, a new Reuters/Ipsos shows poll. The survey suggests he is also losing ground among male voters, a group that strongly supported him in the 2024 election.
Only 38% of respondents in the four-day poll, which closed Monday, said Trump was doing a good job on immigration, a priority issue for the administration.
The rating fell from 39% in January Reuters/Ipsos poll and as high as 50% in the months shortly after Trump returned to power.
Trump campaigned ahead of his 2024 re-election on a promise to launch the biggest deportation drive in decades and ordered sweeping immigration crackdowns immediately after returning to office in January 2025.
Masked agents in tactical gear are now a common sight in America, and immigration agents have clashed violently with American protesters and activists.
The most recent Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that support for Trump’s handling of immigration has fallen significantly among men in recent weeks compared to the end of last year.
Male voters played an overriding role in Trump’s 2024 election victory, and throughout 2025 his immigration approval among men remained close to 50%. But the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 41% of men give him a thumbs up on the issue. Among women, Trump’s support for immigration has fallen from around 40% through most of 2025 to 35% in the latest survey.
In a rare retreat for Trump, his administration said last week it had agreed to halt his hotly contested deportation surge in Minnesota, where immigration agents fatally shot two U.S. citizens.
Trump started his term with an overall approval rating of 47%, but in recent weeks his approval rating has remained at the lowest levels of his presidency, with 38% of respondents in the latest poll approving of his performance, unchanged from a 23-25 poll. January.
The latest poll, which was conducted online and nationwide, gathered responses from 1,117 American adults and had a margin of error of 3 percentage points.
