President Donald Trump delivered on his key campaign promise: Securing the border.
Yet the only thing falling faster than illegal crossings has been his approval rating on immigration.
The problem: Instead of building on his win at the border with more popular arrests of criminal threats inside the country, the administration is going after migrants indiscriminately.
Democrats can’t deny it: The border crisis is over. Border Patrol arrests have fallen nearly 90% since December to near-record lows.
Nonetheless, only 40% of voters approved of the president’s handling of immigration in a July Quinnipiac poll , while 55% disapproved. The 15-point approval deficit contrasts with a +1 rating in the January Q-poll . Other polls show similarly dramatic declines .
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