{"id":282924,"date":"2025-12-15T12:51:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T17:51:44","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:29:38","slug":"growing-shares-say-the-trump-administration-is-doing-too-much-to-deport-immigrants-in-the-us-illegally","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/12\/15\/growing-shares-say-the-trump-administration-is-doing-too-much-to-deport-immigrants-in-the-us-illegally\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing shares in 2025 say the Trump administration is doing \u2018too much\u2019 to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents stand guard near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Broadview, Illinois, on Oct. 3, 2025. (Octavio Jones\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Note:<\/em><\/strong> For updated findings on this issue (April 2026 survey), read \u201cAbout half of Americans continue to say Trump administration is doing \u2018too much\u2019 on deportations<\/a>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the Trump administration escalates its immigration enforcement efforts<\/a>, 53% of Americans say it is doing \u201ctoo much\u201d when it comes to deporting immigrants who are living in the United States illegally. That share is up from 44% in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the same time, a large majority continue to say<\/a> at least some <\/em>of these immigrants should be deported, according to a Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults conducted Oct. 6-16, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, 50% of adults disapprove of the Trump administration\u2019s approach to immigration, including 36% who strongly<\/em> disapprove. A smaller share (39%) approve, including 24% who strongly<\/em> approve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How we did this<\/summary>\n

Pew Research Center conducted this analysis to understand Americans\u2019 views of deporting immigrants who are in the United States illegally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This analysis is based on a survey conducted Oct. 6-16, 2025,\u00a0among 8,046 U.S. adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We recruited people through national, random sampling of residential addresses. This gives nearly all U.S. adults a chance of selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We conducted interviews in English and Spanish, either online or by telephone with a live interviewer. The survey is weighted to reflect the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education, presidential vote (among voters) and other factors.\u00a0Read more about the ATP\u2019s methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the questions we used for this analysis<\/a>, the topline<\/a> and the survey methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Across partisan coalitions and racial and ethnic groups, more Americans say now than in March that the Trump administration is doing too much on deportations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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