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Most Americans say Trump has gone too far on US immigration: Poll

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 789 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
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Most Americans say Trump has gone too far on US immigration: Poll Half of Americans say Trump has gone too far on deportations, though most Republicans still support his approach.

Claims checked 20
Techniques found 1
Topics 3

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Center76%
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What happened

Most Americans say Trump has gone too far on US immigration: Poll Half of Americans say Trump has gone too far on deportations, though most Republicans still support his approach.

Why it matters

Despite an overall decline in public opinion on immigration, the issue remains stronger for US President Donald Trump than the economy or Iran, according to a new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll.

Common ground

According to the new survey released on Sunday, only 39 percent of US adults approve of Trump’s performance on immigration, which is down from 49 percent at the beginning of his second term.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Loaded Language 70% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 20 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “at the beginning of Trump’s second term, when about 9 in 10 Republicans approved”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions of 'approximately' and general Wikipedia entries about Trump, but contains no polling data regarding Republican approval at the start of his second term.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During and between his terms as president of the United States, Donald Trump has made tens of thousands of false or misleading claims. Fact-checkers at The Washington Post documented 30,573 false or m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Tr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The net worth of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, is not publicly known. For decades, Forbes has assessed his wealth, currently estimating it at $6.5 billion as of Febru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_of_Donald_Trump
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Claim 2: “Roughly 7 in 10 Republicans – 69 percent – approve of how Trump is handling the economy”
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Claim 3: “A Politico poll recently showed just a third of self-identified Make America Great Again (MAGA) voters... felt the economic costs of the war with Iran were worth it”
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The evidence provided for this claim only describes what Politico is as an organization and mentions a general story about DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, but does not contain the specific poll numbers regarding MAGA voters and the economic costs of the Iran war.
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web search NEUTRAL — Politico (stylized as POLITICO in all caps), known originally as The Politico, is an American political digital newspaper company founded by American banker and media executive Robert Allbritton in 20…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politico
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web search NEUTRAL — Subscribe to On the Road with Jonathan Martin. POLITICO’s senior columnist travels to the country to talk — and eat — with the biggest names in politics.
https://www.politico.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Figures shared with POLITICO show that DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin hasn’t managed to significantly increase the number of deportations over his predecessor.
https://www.politico.com/politics
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Claim 4: “Roughly half — 47 percent — say Trump has exceeded his authority when it comes to deporting immigrants living in the US illegally”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists of Google Earth search results, which are completely irrelevant to the claim about deportation authority.
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web search NEUTRAL — Google Earth Pro on desktop is free for users with advanced feature needs. Import and export GIS data, and go back in time with historical imagery. Available on PC, Mac, or Linux.
https://earth.google.com/intl/earth/versions/
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web search NEUTRAL — Create and collaborate on immersive, data-driven maps from anywhere with the new Google Earth. See the world from above with high-resolution satellite imagery, explore 3D terrain and buildings in hund…
https://earth.google.com/web/?authuser=1
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web search NEUTRAL — Google Earth is the most photorealistic, digital version of our planet. Where do the images come from? How are they they put together? And how often are they updated? In this video, learn about the pi…
https://earth.google.com/intl/en-US/
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Claim 5: “About 7 in 10 US adults describe the nation’s economy as “very” or “somewhat” poor”
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Claim 6: “about 3 in 10 say Trump’s actions have been “about right,” and closer to 2 in 10 say he hasn’t gone far enough”
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Claim 7: “it’s slightly below the 78 percent who approved early in Trump’s second term”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 8: “That’s down from 40 percent at the start of his second term”
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Claim 9: “About 3 in 10 US adults, 32 percent, approve of how he is handling the economy”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 10: “Most Americans... [say he's gone too far] when it comes to sending federal immigration agents into US cities”
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Claim 11: “about 6 in 10 [Republicans] saying that the US economy is doing well, compared with about 2 in 10 independents and roughly 1 in 10 Democrats”
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Claim 12: “Roughly 71 percent of Republicans now approve, compared with 59 percent in the poll from last year”
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Claim 13: “Most Americans, however, say he’s gone too far when it comes to using traffic stops to find and arrest immigrants living in the US illegally”
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Claim 14: “About half of US adults say Trump has “gone too far” when it comes to restricting legal immigration”
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Two independent web sources (one citing an AP poll and another explicitly stating 'About half of US adults say Trump has “gone too far” when it comes to restricting legal immigration') confirm this claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — JUST IN: AP poll finds 50% of Americans believe Trump has gone “too far” with restricting legal immigration. X - cryptonwsuk Aug 02, 2026 21:02 UTC.
https://cryptopanic.com/news/33141772/JUST-IN-AP-poll-finds-…
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web search NEUTRAL — US President Donald Trump disembarks on July 31, 2026 from Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey, the United States [File: Daniel Heuer/Reuters].About half of US adults say Trump has “gone too far” …
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/2/most-americans-say-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump just hit another new low on his handling of the top issue he promised to fix. Trump ran his 2024 campaign on promising mass deportations, closing the U.S.-Mexico border and crac…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-approval-rating-pl…
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Claim 15: “Republican approval of Trump’s handling of the US and Israel’s war on Iran dropped slightly in AP-NORC polling”
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Two independent web search results explicitly state that Republican approval of Trump's handling of the war on Iran dropped slightly in AP-NORC polling.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Tr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On July 13, 2024, Donald Trump, then a former president of the United States and the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party in the 2024 presidential election, survived an assassination attempt wh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Don…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During and between his terms as president of the United States, Donald Trump has made tens of thousands of false or misleading claims. Fact-checkers at The Washington Post documented 30,573 false or m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements…
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Claim 16: “only 39 percent of US adults approve of Trump’s performance on immigration, which is down from 49 percent at the beginning of his second term”
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While evidence discusses Trump's approval ratings on the economy and healthcare, there is no specific data in the provided evidence confirming the 49% to 39% drop for immigration performance specifically.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article summarizes the results of polls taken during the second presidency of Donald Trump which gather and analyze public opinion on his administration's performance and policies. At the time wh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_on_the_second_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump assumed office as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. The president has the legal authority to nominate members of his cabinet to the United States Senate for con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Tr…
+ 3 more evidence sources
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Claim 17: “Half of Americans say Trump has gone too far on deportations”
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Multiple web search results, including a report citing an AP poll and a TikTok summary of an AP-NORC poll, confirm that approximately 50% of Americans believe Trump has gone 'too far' regarding immigration restrictions/deportations.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States took place on Monday, January 20, 2025. Due to freezing temperatures and high winds, it was held inside the U.S. Capitol ro…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — At 80 years old, Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, became the oldest person in American history to become president upon his second inauguration in 2025. In July 2024, fi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_and_health_concerns_about_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Melania Knauss Trump (born Melanija Knavs; April 26, 1970) is a Slovenian and American former model serving as the first lady of the United States since 2025, a role she previously held from 2017 to 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump
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Claim 18: “about 8 in 10 members of Trump’s Republican Party continue to approve of how he is handling immigration”
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The claim is corroborated by a cross-reference from Denver7 stating 'About 8 in 10 approve of his handling of the issue [immigration]' and a web search result from India Today mentioning an AP-NORC poll showing immigration as his strongest issue with a sharp partisan divide.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During and between his terms as president of the United States, Donald Trump has made tens of thousands of false or misleading claims. Fact-checkers at The Washington Post documented 30,573 false or m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Tr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The net worth of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, is not publicly known. For decades, Forbes has assessed his wealth, currently estimating it at $6.5 billion as of Febru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_of_Donald_Trump
+ 4 more evidence sources
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Claim 19: “Few Republicans – about 2 in 10 or fewer – say he’s “gone too far” on deporting immigrants in the country illegally or restricting legal immigration”
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No evidence was found after searching for this specific claim.
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Claim 20: “only about 3 in 10 Americans approve of how Trump is handling healthcare”
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