CNN’s senior pollster has admitted that most Americans agree with President Donald Trump on immigration and want to see all illegal aliens deported.
Enten laid out the details during a Thursday appearance on CNN News Central with anchor Kate Bolduan.
The data guru noted just how far public sentiment had swung since Trump’s first administration on that particular issue.
He explained that many Americans now agree that Trump’s policies were an improvement on those of former President Joe Biden.
“Why is Trump focusing on immigration?” Enten asked.
“Let me just tell you, this is where Trump wants the focus. Pretty, pretty please with a cherry on top. Why is that?”
In 2017, several months into his first term in the White House, Trump had been underwater (-12 points) on immigration policy.
Eight years later, with arguably stricter policies in place, Trump was above water by one point on the same issue.
“This is one of his strongest issues at plus one point,” Enten continued.
“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