FACT SHEET: Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda Is Dangerous – And Americans Know It

Trump’s mass deportation agenda is failing America.

The administration’s city-by-city, community-by-community crusade is traumatizing children, separating families, and endangering the rights and safety of all Americans.

• Federal law enforcement agents are being diverted from drug trafficking, cybersecurity, and violent crime investigations to chase down longtime residents with clean records.

• U.S. citizens are being detained outside their place of work, teenagers tackled to the ground, U.S. citizen children forced to be abandoned, and legal residents fined – all despite showing valid ID.

• The parents of a U.S. Marine were detained while visiting their pregnant daughter on a military base. The father has been deported. The mother remains in custody indefinitely. Both had pending green card applications.

• Meanwhile, immigrant communities are avoiding hospitals, schools, and workplaces out of fear. These are our neighbors who work across every sector of our economy, from healthcare and education to technology, agriculture, construction, and small business. When people are forced into the shadows, entire communities suffer.

• Denver Public Schools is down 1,200 students and $18.5 million in funding.
• Pregnant women are skipping prenatal care, risking dangerous complications.
• Businesses across the country are facing urgent labor shortages as the crackdown removes workers from industries already struggling to recruit and retain employees.
• Young adults and teenagers are being forced to become breadwinners when parents are detained or deported, leaving children to raise children.

• The result? All Americans are less safe.

Most Americans oppose Trump’s mass deportation agenda:

People understand that real public safety means smart, targeted enforcement – not indiscriminate raids that tear families apart. Americans want balanced solutions that secure the border while providing legal pathways for those who contribute to our communities.

• Americans say ICE has gone too far: 51% of Americans believe ICE has “gone too far” in its enforcement activities.

• Americans prefer legal pathways over deportation: 64% of voters say undocumented immigrants should have a way to stay in the country legally if certain requirements are met.

• ICE favorability has collapsed: ICE favorability dropped from 50% in February to just 39% by June. Now 52% view the agency unfavorably – with nearly 40% viewing it “very unfavorably.”

• An August Pew survey found ICE ranked alongside the IRS as one of the least-trusted federal agencies.

Even unlikely voices are speaking out against mass deportation:

• Texas Republican Mayor Javier Villalobos: Expressed concerns over “deporting people who can be productive for our country, who produce for our economy, produce for our families, and our business owners.”

• Podcast Host Joe Rogan: “The way it looks is horrific… When you’re just arresting people in front of their kids, and just, normal, regular people who have been here for 20 years. That everybody who has a heart can’t get along with that.”

• Former St. Louis Police Lt. Ray Rice: “The most visceral response I had was seeing young children being treated that way and the terror on their faces. You can’t see that happen and not have a question about the humanity or the lack of humanity afforded those who were targeted like that.”