"This support is driven by Republicans and white Christians, especially white evangelical Protestants and white Cathlics."

For more discussion of the PRRI report, see conversation linked below between Robert P. Jones, Jemar Tisby, Kristin Du Mez, and Diana Butler Bass.

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #deportations #InternmentCamps #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteCatholics
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7evrAstwFcM

Humanity vs. Brutality Amid Trump's Immigration Crackdown

YouTube

(continued from /10)

"the construction of concentration camps on U.S. soil, and the increasingly aggressive and violent tactics of ICE. ...

One of the most disturbing findings of the survey was that 41% of Americans favor allowing the government to detain undocumented immigrants in internment camps until they can be deported."

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/11

“Over the past year, Americans have witnessed President Trump’s dehumanizing, racist rhetoric toward immigrants and harsh immigration enforcement policies. This survey demonstrates that most Americans want a more humane approach to immigration policy and do not support indiscriminate mass deportation," (continued in /11)

~ Robert P. Jones

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/10

https://www.redeemingdemocracy.net/p/my-take-on-prris-new-survey-only

My Take on PRRI's New Survey: Only 35% Approve of Trump’s Handling of Immigration

PLUS, Last call for spring 15% pre-order sale of my new book, BACKSLIDE.

Redeeming Democracy by Robert P. Jones

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"Hispanic Protestants (30%), Jewish Americans (29%), other non-Christian groups (20%), the religiously unaffiliated (20%), Black Protestants (16%), and Hispanic Catholics (16%)."

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"Except for white evangelical Protestants (65%) and white Catholics (51%), no other religious group shows majority favorable views toward ICE officers, including white mainline/non-evangelical Protestants (42%, down from 61% in September 2025)," (continued in /7)

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"White evangelical Protestants (63%) and white Catholics (55%), as well as Christian nationalism Adherents (75%) and Sympathizers (62%), are the only religious groups in which a majority supports detaining immigrants in internment camps."

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/5

PRRI has just released results of a major poll re: immigration and ICE. Some takeaways:

"Support for Trump’s handling of immigration has dropped across all partisan and religious groups since last year....

Only white evangelical Protestants (65%) and white Catholics (51%) express majority favorable views of ICE officers."

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #deportations #InternmentCamps #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteCatholics
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https://prri.org/research/americans-views-on-immigration-enforcement-ice-and-civil-liberties-in-the-second-trump-administration/

Immigration Enforcement, ICE, and Civil Liberties in the Second Trump Administration

The survey of over 5,000 adults provides a comprehensive assessment of Americans’ views on the immigration enforcement policies of President Donald Trump’s second administration

PRRI

White Catholics: 52% net approval, 47% net disapproval

Hispanic Catholics: 23% net approval, 76% net disapproval

Besides white Catholics, the only other religious demographic with a positive approval rating for Trump are white evangelical Protestants, with a 69% net approval rating and a 29% net disapproval rating.

There's a huge gap between white Catholics and non-white ones when it comes to how Trump is rated.

#Trump #Catholics #WhiteCatholics #Latinos #WhiteEvangelicals
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Note the following interesting breakdowns in Pew Research Center's latest findings about Trump's approval rating, as broken down by religious groupings:

Pew finds that net approval of Trump among US Catholics is 39% and net disapproval 60%.

But break those figures down among white Catholics and Hispanic ones, and an interesting picture emerges:

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https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2026/01/29/confidence-in-trump-dips-and-fewer-now-say-they-support-his-policies-and-plans/

Confidence in Trump Dips, and Fewer Now Say They Support His Policies and Plans

Only 27% of Americans say they support all or most of Trump's policies – down since last year, with the change coming entirely among Republicans.

Pew Research Center

"It tends to pit the kind of middle class white upper middle class white person is the victim you know, the culture is changing and it's, it's toxic and it's terrible. And we have to fight against this, you know, horrible, evil culture. And it, it, it just, it's like a, it's kind of like a, I call it the rollercoaster paranoia."

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