President Donald Trump is watching his immigration approval rating sink to just 39 per cent, a staggering reversal for what used to be his strongest card. According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday, 53 per cent of Americans now disapprove of how he's handling immigration, whilst 58 per cent think federal agents have crossed a line in their enforcement operations.
The poll, which ran from Friday through Sunday, captured reactions before and after Border Patrol agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse, during immigration operations in Minneapolis on Saturday. This marks the second time this month that federal immigration officers have fatally shot a US citizen in Minnesota, setting off protests across the country and putting the administration's mass deportation strategy under intense scrutiny.
