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ROOKE: DHS Should Use Age-Old Parenting Tactic While Conducting Deportations
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Public opinion polls consistently show overwhelming support for deporting illegal immigrants who have committed violent crimes. This is one of the most popular aspects of immigration enforcement.
Seventy-five percent of registered voters support deporting criminal illegal immigrants, according to a Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll released in April. This support was bipartisan, with 73 percent of Independents and 63 percent of Democrats approving of these deportations. Additionally, the survey found that 55 percent of respondents favored “deporting all immigrants who are here illegally.”
Dems who now want to moderate on culture war issues still refuse to acknowledge how popular immigration enforcement is. Deporting criminals is a 75/25 issue with >60% approval among Dems. Deportations of all illegals remains >50% issue. Immigration is still a huge winner. https://t.co/aI7beaD5hW pic.twitter.com/EV1MZfXXEv — Lomez (@L0m3z) May 3, 2026
Dems who now want to moderate on culture war issues still refuse to acknowledge how popular immigration enforcement is.
Deporting criminals is a 75/25 issue with >60% approval among Dems. Deportations of all illegals remains >50% issue.
Immigration is still a huge winner. https://t.co/aI7beaD5hW pic.twitter.com/EV1MZfXXEv
— Lomez (@L0m3z) May 3, 2026
So why then did the Trump administration soften its public stance on deportations? Well, of course (and this was essentially confirmed by new U.S. Department of Homeland Security Sec. Markwayne Mullin), the decision to tamper with the administration’s deportation efforts was a reaction to the bad press from the enforcement efforts........