By Isabella Torregiani
4:29pm PDT, Jun 16, 2025
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President
Donald Trump's immigration policy is becoming increasingly unpopular. Amid nationwide protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a new poll shows that the former reality star retains only a narrow (
very narrow!) majority support on immigration and border security issues.
According to data obtained by an
NBC News Decision Desk survey, Trump holds a 51% approval rating compared to 49% disapproval.
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Protests began on June 6 after ICE launched a series of immigration raids in Los Angeles.
In response, President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to assist enforcement efforts and warned that more force could follow if unrest spreads.
"I can inform the rest of the country that when they do it, if they do it, they're going to be met with equal or greater force than we met right here," he said.
However, amid the escalating protests, Trump indicated he may be reconsidering aspects of his immigration approach.
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President Donald Trump has since announced a potential policy shift, focusing deportation efforts on criminals, rather than service industry workers living in the U.S. illegally.
"Our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace," he wrote on Truth Social.
"This is not good. We must protect our Farmers, but get the CRIMINALS OUT OF THE USA. Changes are coming," he added.
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Currently, President Donald Trump's overall approval rating sits at 45%, with a 55% disapproval, according to the same poll.
The results also revealed a divide within the Republican party over the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
When asked about priorities, 40% of respondents emphasized reducing the national debt, 39% favored tax cuts and 21% preferred maintaining current Medicaid funding levels.
The bill, which passed by the House, is projected to increase the national deficit by $3 trillion over the next decade, according to estimates from the
Congressional Budget Office.
It proposes cutting spending, primarily through Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), by $1.25 trillion to help balance out the cost of tax cuts.
