CNN Pollster Admits Most Americans Side With Trump On Illegals, Want Them ALL Deported

CNN pollster Harry Enten said on Thursday that President Donald Trump is
strongest on his immigration policy � and, in fact, a majority of Americans
agreed with him when he said that all illegal immigrants should be deported.

Enten laid out the details during a Thursday appearance on CNN News Central
with anchor Kate Bolduan, where he noted just how far public sentiment had
swung since Trump�s first administration on that particular issue � and how
many Americans appeared to agree that Trump�s policies were an improvement on
those of former President Joe Biden.

WATCH:

Immigration is "where Trump wants the focus� Pretty, pretty please
with a cherry on top."

-His net approval on immigration is positive

-A plurality say under Trump immigration policy is on the right
track (unlike under Biden)

-Most want all undocumented immigrants deported
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� (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) April 17, 2025

�Why is Trump focusing on immigration? Let me just tell you, this is where
Trump wants the focus. Pretty, pretty please with a cherry on top. Why is
that?� Enten asked before going to the data.

In 2017, several months into his first term in the White House, Trump had
been underwater (-12 points) on immigration policy. Eight years later, with
arguably stricter policies in place, Trump was above water by one point on
the same issue.

�This is one of his strongest issues at plus one point,� Enten continued.
�And more than that on the net approval � the net approval for him on this
issue has stayed steady in the positive. This is an area where Donald Trump
wants to focus because the bottom line is this is an area in which the
American people, at least the bare majority of them, seem to like what he�s
doing.�

Bolduan briefly raised the issue of the economy, saying that Trump was less
popular on that particular topic, before asking Enten to lay out the
difference between Trump and Biden on the immigration issue.

�We know that this was why he leaned into immigration so much,� Bolduan said.

�Yes, this is a big reason why,� Enten agreed, adding, �So take a look here.
This is on immigration. What track are we on? The right track or the wrong
track? Look in December. Look at the percentage who said we were on the wrong
track, 62% of Americans, when Joe Biden was in office, compared to just 14%
who said that we were on right track. Flash forward to April. Well, hello.
45% say we�re on the right track, compared to 42% who say we were on the long
track.�

�So in a big switcheroo from where we were back in January, the plurality of
Americans say that the country is on the right track when it comes to
immigration policy. Back in December, when Joe Biden was president, the vast
majority said that we were on the wrong track. Again, this points out that on
the whole, Americans like where we�re going on immigration policy under
Donald Trump, which is very different from where we were under Joe Biden,�
Enten said.

Enten concluded with one last comparison, showing the dramatic change in
public perception regarding mass deportations since the beginning of Trump�s
first term.

�Voters favoring the government trying to deport all 11 million of them, back
in 2016, just 38% of voters wanted the government to try to deport 11 million
undocumented immigrants. Compared to where we are in 2025. Fifty-six percent
� the majority,� Enten said. �The American people have come a long way on
this issue, much closer to Donald Trump, and I think that�s a big part of the
reason why Americans are increasingly saying the country is on the right
track when it comes to immigration policy, and why Donald Trump�s net
approval rating on that issue is in the positive, very much unlike his first
term.�