"A new report from Gallup out this week finds a significant increase in the public's liberal attitudes on immigration. The highlights of their report are here: 30% of Americans want immigration decreased, down from 55% a year ago A record-high 79% of adults consider immigration good for the country There's been a meaningful decrease in support for building a border wall, mass deportation"
"But aside from Morris' argument, in June that the inflection point was the Kilmar Abrego case, I'm not sure either has unpacked why immigration has become such a bad issue for Trump (though some of it stems from Latinos souring on Trump), a trend that has continued even as Abrego's case has gotten far less attention. I've been formulating this hypothesis in conjunction with two posts I'm writing,"
"Stephen Miller is effectively running the government, Trump's Wormtongue, his issue is immigration, but the issue is dragging Trump down. Miller fancies himself as a propaganda genius and he certainly has had his successes. The speech he wrote for January 6 almost got Mike Pence killed, after all! But something that has happened with immigration has undercut Miller's normal propaganda success on his most cherished issue (in reality, as I'll show, Miller has serially failed with immigration, but succeeded wildly last year)."
Stephen Miller exerts major influence over immigration policy and shapes aggressive messaging strategies. Viral images and spectacles of ICE operations amplify public reaction and may intensify negative perceptions. Gallup polling shows a sharp liberal shift on immigration: only 30% want decreased immigration (down from 55%), 79% view immigration as good, and support for a border wall and mass deportations has fallen. The Kilmar Abrego case appears as a polling inflection point, and Latino voters have grown more negative toward Trump. Miller's propaganda successes coexist with repeated policy failures on immigration, and a pivot toward crime messaging follows recent political developments.
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