What Next | Is Immigration Still Trump’s Strongest Issue?

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4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

As Donald Trump strives to deliver on his harsh immigration enforcement campaign promises, the president’s approval rating on the issue has dropped. But very public mistakes—with very real consequences—and dipping polls don’t seem to be slowing the administration down yet. Guests: Adrian Carrasquillo, author of the Huddled Masses newsletter from The Bulwark Primitiva Hernandez, executive director of 805Undocufund, a central California non-profit providing legal and financial assistance to immigrants Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Ethan Oberman, Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, Isabel Angell, and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:12.2	If you're undocumented and you live on the central coast of California, there's a phone number you might want to have in your back pocket.
1:14.5	And on the other end of the line, we'll be Primitiva Hernandez.
1:20.9	Primi's hotline is keeping track of immigration and customs enforcement.
1:25.6	Get detained.
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