Just over half of U.S. adults say that the Trump administration is doing “too much” in terms of deporting immigrants from the United States. According to a survey by Pew Research Center, 53 percent of U.S. adults surveyed in a poll between October 6 and 16, 2025 took this stance. Meanwhile, 36 percent said that U.S. President Donald Trump was doing “about the right amount” and 10 percent said he was not doing enough.
There has been a shift since March, when the same question was asked. Back then, 44 percent had said that “too much” was being done, indicating how a growing number of people feel uncomfortable with the U.S. immigration policies. In March, 43 percent had said that Trump was doing “about the right amount” and 11 percent said “too little”.
Looking at a breakdown along party lines, the share of respondents thinking that “too much” was being done increased for both self-identified Democratic-leaning voters and Republican-leaning voters. In March, 75 percent of Democrats thought this was the case, rising to 86 percent in October. For Republicans, the figure was far lower, albeit still ticking up from 13 to 20 percent.
Trump has expanded his immigration crackdown since entering his second term in office, granting ICE personnel greater access across the country, including with raids in cities such as Los Angeles and Washington D.C., clamping down on visas and most recently striking dozens of small boats accused of transporting drugs from Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea and East Pacific.
