A 53% majority of registered voters say the Trump administration’s enforcement of immigration laws has gone too far, according to new Fox News polling, a view that has stayed consistent since June 2025. The remaining voters are split between enforcement not going far enough and about right (23% each). The results skew along party lines: 87% of Democrats and 60% of independents say enforcement has gone too far, while most Republicans split between not far enough (40%) and about right (43%).
Among those saying enforcement has gone too far, voters are divided on the reason: 45% point to the government using too much force, while 49% say the wrong people are being targeted. FOX NEWS POLL: SQUEEZED BY COSTS, FRUSTRATED VOTERS TURN TO THE DEMOCRATS Democrats say the government is targeting the wrong people (by 7 points) while independents say it’s because of using too much force (by 2 points). There are not enough Republicans saying the enforcement has gone too far to draw meaningful conclusions.
Consequently, President Trump’s approval rating on immigration sits at 43%, down from a high of 48% last summer. For the past four years, until this summer, voters consistently said the Republicans would do a better job handling immigration than the Democrats. That advantage has all but disappeared, as voters are split between the parties (48% D vs. 49% R).
The Democrats are competitive on immigration thanks to independents backing them over the GOP by 6 points and 15% of non-MAGA Republicans preferring the Democrats. FOX NEWS POLL: COOL YOUR SERVERS! VOTERS REJECT DATA CENTERS "The immigration issue has been defined in terms of border security since the Biden years," says Daron Shaw, the GOP pollster who helps conduct the survey with Democrat Chris Anderson.
"But voters now think of immigration policy as ICE crackdowns, and many say these have been too aggressive." Despite fewer than 1 in 10 (8%) voters identifying immigration as their priority, it only trails the cost of living (34%) and the broader economy (14%) as the most important issue facing the country. Nearly two-thirds of voters (63%) agree that a child born to an illegal immigrant in the United States should automatically become a citizen. While overall support has softened from previous highs around 67-69%, it’s still far above its low of 45% in 2006.
Again, results are defined by partisanship: roughly 9 in 10 Democrats and 6 in 10 independents support birthright citizenship while 6 in 10 Republicans oppose it. Among Hispanic voters, two-thirds disapprove of Trump’s overall job performance and his handling of immigration. They trust the Democrats over the Republicans on the issue by 19 points, while 60% say immigration enforcement has gone too far.
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