Hey guys, it's me, Sam Stein, managing editor at the Bork, and I am joined by Andrew Eger, author of Morning Shots. We are here to talk about immigration and particularly how Trump's advantage on the issue has kind of disappeared, at least according to two new polls. Before we get into that, as usual, subscribe to our feed. Just takes a little click on the button. Really helpful. Thank you. All right. Andrew, we have two new falls. I'm going to read you some interesting data points because I like to write down stuff on a on a notepad. I'm old fashioned like that. A couple days ago, we had Reuters Ipsis. And they asked people how Trump was doing on immigration, 45% approved, 46% disapproved.

We thought that was significant because that was the first time, I think, a legitimate poll

had showed him underwater on immigration, which is a strong suit.

But then we get this poll from you, gov, and the economist, right?

Am I right?

Yes, that's correct.

I just want to make sure.

This is a factual-based publication here. Okay. It's a polling podcast. We don't want to introduce errors five seconds. I don't want to bore everyone with numbers, but we're going to bore you with numbers for a little bit. All right. So they ask about immigration. First of all, only 9% said it's the most important issue to them, which just seems about right because the economy is predominantly up there in cooling inflation.

But here they go.

45% approve of Trump's handling.

50% disapprove of Trump's handling.

Of the self-identified Trump voters, 14% said they disapproved of Trump's handling small but significant. All right. So you're going to say, well, I don't think he's doing too much, too little, what, why not? They ask,

is Trump's approach too harsh about right or too soft? What do you think was too harsh? Guss the numbers.

Of Republicans or of everybody? No, no, everybody. 30% of the public. Wrong.

49% too harsh.

Wow.

38% said about right.

5% said it was too soft.

All right.

And then they asked about the case of Kimara-Abrego-Garcia.

The Trump administration recently deported Kilmar-Abrigo-Garcia to El, despite a court order, prohibiting his deportation. Do you believe Trump should bring Abrago Garcia back to the U.S.? So look, I think the Trump people would say that's, you know, not a totally fair description. It's totally fair to me, but they'll say, you should mention that he's got, you know, ties, Tammis 13. They should mention all the things that we say, that he's a gangbanger terrorist. He's got tattoos all over his body, whatever. That's the description they read, deal with it. Here's the answer. 50% said yes, bring him back. 28% said no, do not. of the people who said of the Trump voters 18% said they should return him so about one in five

I mean look said, no, do not. Of the people who said, of the Trump voters, 18% said they should return

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