I read Wikipedia and it says a majority of Americans actually support “deporting all ‘illegal immigrants’”. Is this actually true?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_in_the_second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump
At the time of his first campaign, approximately one-third of Americans supported the idea – but by the start of his second term, eight years later, public opinion had undergone a shift, with a majority of Americans believing all illegal immigrants should be deported. By April 2025, slightly over half of Americans felt the level of deportations went “too far”.
(Of course, people say it went “too far” after they already voted this fucker into office.)
The Source Wikipedia Cited: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/01/23/cnns_enten_there_has_been_a_massive_shift_on_immigration_the_majority_of_americans_believe_illegals_should_be_deported.html
My brother who is a legal immigrant and naturalized citizen, actually voted harris in 2024, but doesn’t seem to be bothered by the mass deportations, even though he hates trump.
It this actually a common sentinment amongst Americans?
I don’t support mass deportations but I understand why people do. Id prefer amnesty (especially for children and families who have been here for years) followed by eased legal immigration processes to make it easier to come here legally.
What bothers me recently though isn’t mass deportations themselves, it’s the way they are being done. Unmarked officers, no oversight, sketchy warrants that prey on people’s lack of knowledge of their rights, strong arming local organizations and governments to hand over info, punishing people who are trying to fix their status or lost it on a technicality, etc.