Months of immigration enforcement controversies have taken their toll, and new polling shows it could be a problem for Republicans heading into the midterms.
About 8 in 10 independent voters say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has used too much force in its nationwide operations, according to a poll from YouGov, which sampled 1,000 voters in late July. It's a striking increase from 2025, when polls showed independents more divided on the issue.
The poll, commissioned by the Vera Institute of Justice, a nonprofit working to end mass incarceration, was conducted shortly after ICE officers shot and killed two immigrants during traffic stops in Maine and Texas over the span of six days in July.
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