CNN’s Enten: Most Americans Backing Trump’s Approach to Illegal Immigration
Charlie Kirk Staff
04/18/2025

The vast number of Americans support President Donald Trump’s approach to deporting illegal immigrants, CNN senior data analyst Harry Enten said.
“Why is Trump focusing on immigration? Let me just tell you, this is where Trump wants to focus. Pretty, pretty please with a cherry on top,” the data analyst said.
“Why is that? Look at Trump’s net approval rating on immigration. Compare where we are now. Compare where we were at this point in his first term. In his first term he was under water at minus 12 points. Look at where he is today. He’s actually above water. This is one of his strongest issues at plus one point. 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,” he said to CNN host Kate Bolduan.
“And you’ve seen – you – and you’ve shown the impact on how people feel about his handling of the economy and what he’s been doing. So, let’s stay here with this. Compare where he is on immigration to where Biden was. We know that this was why he leaned – he leaned into immigration so much,” the host said.
“Yes. This is a big reason why. 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 percent of Americans when Joe Biden was in office, compared to just 14 percent who said that we were on the right track,” the data analyst said.
“Flash forward to April. Well, hello, 45 percent say we’re on the right track, compared to 42 percent who say we’re on the wrong 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,” he said.