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Immigrants Are Embracing Trump's Crackdown on Immigration

Release Date
2025-06-13
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Newsweek
Summary
New data shows a significant shift in immigrant voters’ support toward Donald Trump and his hardline immigration policies, marking a dramatic change from previous elections. While immigrant voters favored Democrats by 32 points on immigration in 2020, they now trust Republicans by 8 points, a 40-point swing. Trump’s share of the immigrant vote has increased from 36% in 2016 to 47% in 2024.

This shift is partly driven by frustration among immigrants who followed legal immigration processes and now resent those who entered the country illegally. Between 2021 and 2025, a record number of immigrants arrived in the U.S., with over half estimated to have entered illegally, causing economic pressures such as wage competition, housing shortages, and strained public services—issues felt strongly within immigrant communities.

Experts note that immigrant attitudes toward immigration enforcement vary widely based on origin, geography, and personal experience. Economic anxiety plays a major role in their changing views, with many immigrants now favoring stricter immigration controls to protect their livelihoods.

Despite mixed public opinion on Trump’s deportation policies and National Guard deployments, immigrant voters increasingly support his approach, viewing it as necessary to manage immigration sustainably and enforce laws effectively.

The issue remains deeply polarized nationally, but Trump’s focus on immigration is helping him gain support among immigrant voters who are concerned about economic and social impacts of current immigration levels. Nationwide protests against his policies are planned on his birthday, June 14.
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