Deportation Efforts Are a Bigger Problem Than Officials Helping Immigrants Avoid Arrest

Publication Date: 08/09/2025 11:00 AM CST

Deportation Efforts Are a Bigger Problem Than Officials Helping Immigrants Avoid Arrest

Publication: 08/09/2025 11:00 AM CST

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For the second straight survey, a plurality (50%) of voters have rated the government's efforts to find and deport illegal immigrants as a larger problem than government officials helping them avoid arrest.
- Forty-two percent (42%) of voters feel the opposite.
The tipping point was the handcuffing of Senator Alex Padilla during a press conference with Kristi Noem.
- Just three days before that incident, voters were more concerned about state and local officials helping illegal immigrants avoid arrest by a ten point margin.
The case of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan is more divisive for voters.
- Voters are evenly split at 46% on whether the judge should lose her position for her role in attempting to help an illegal immigrant avoid arrest.
There is slightly more support for punishing the judge in some way, even if she does not lose her job.
- Forty-seven percent (47%) say she should be punished, while 43% disagree.