Donald Trump’s administration is facing significant criticism as tensions and violent incidents escalate in Minneapolis.
The White House has attempted to shift blame towards Minnesota Democrats, accusing them of not cooperating with federal immigration authorities. However, many Americans hold the Trump administration responsible for the recent shooting of a U.S. citizen, the second such incident in a month.
A recent Daily Mail survey conducted with 1,027 registered voters reveals that one-third attribute the growing violence in Minneapolis to Trump.
Additionally, 20 percent of respondents blame the roles of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), according to the poll by JL Partners for the Daily Mail.
Overall, 53 percent of those surveyed assign responsibility to the Trump administration, while 35 percent blame the Democrats.
In response to the backlash, the president has redirected Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from internal immigration tasks to concentrate on border security.
White House Border Czar Tom Homan is now overseeing operations in Minneapolis.
Americans mostly blame President Donald Trump and his Immigration enforcement team for the violence between protesters and ICE and DHS agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, according to a new Daily Mail/JL Partners poll
Also on Monday, Trump spoke with Minnesota’s Democratic Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis’ Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey and said they are working together to bring down the temperature in the state.
Only a combined 35 percent of Americans think the left is at fault, according to the Daily Mail poll conducted January 26.
This is broken down by 20 percent who say that liberal groups and protesters are to blame for the situation in Minnesota and the remaining 15 percent saying that its Democratic leadership that should take the fall.
Even 12 percent of Republicans say that the Trump team is to blame, and another 12 percent say ICE and CBP are at fault.
Trump’s approval rating has been slipping throughout his first year back in office. While most of the time it’s due to the economy, many also point to their dissatisfaction with how ICE and CBP agents are enforcing federal immigration law.
A YouGov/Economist poll released January 13 in the wake of the shooting of Good – but before Pretti was killed – shows only 34 percent of Americans think ICE operations are making America more safe, and 47 percent think the mission is making the US more unsafe.
The issue, like most in the current US political climate, is highly polarizing, with 77 percent of Republicans believing ICE is making the US safe and only 3 percent of Democrats feeling the same.
The new Daily Mail polls shows that 52 percent of voters disapprove of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement, and only 38 percent approve.
President Trump has not come out to side with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, and, according to reports, pulled her from internal US immigration enforcement and redirected her focus to the border
Trump spoke with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Monday in the wake of agents shooting and killing to American citizens during clashes in the state in January
At a press conference on Saturday, January 24, Noem called ICU nurse Alex Pretti a ‘domestic terrorist’ after he was shot and killed by her agents during a clash earlier that day while he was conceal carrying a handgun during an ICE protest
Even First Lady Melania Trump gave a rare political statement calling for ‘unity’ after weeks of deadly riots in Minnesota.
‘I’m against the violence, so please, if you protest, protest in peace,’ she told Fox & Friends on Tuesday during an appearance to promote her upcoming movie.
‘I know my husband, the President, had a great call yesterday with the governor and the mayor, and they’re working together to make it peaceful and without riots,’ Melania confirmed.
‘We need to unify in these times,’ she continued.
The First Lady’s decision to comment underlines the depth of public outcry after federal agents on Saturday shot dead 37-year-old Pretti in Minneapolis.
It came just over two weeks after Good, a poet, was also killed in the Minnesota city when she was shot in her car during a clash with immigration agents.
