Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 11, 2025 / 12:30 pm

A majority of Catholic voters in the United States have a favorable opinion of President Donald Trump and support the broad scale deportation of immigrants who are in the country illegally, according to a poll published by EWTN News and RealClear Opinion Research on Dec. 11.

The poll surveyed 1,000 self-identified Catholics from Nov. 9 through Nov. 11, nearly 10 months after Trump assumed office. Trump won the Catholic vote in the 2024 election last year, and one of his campaign promises was mass deportations — a policy strongly opposed by the country’s Catholic bishops.

With Trump administration deportation efforts underway, the poll revealed some tension between the public stance of the country's Catholic bishops and the views hel

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