The results of a report developed by the Civic Health and Institutions Project (CHIP50) from data collected through a survey of more than 30,000 Americans in all 50 states indicate that, regardless of their political affiliation, age or gender, more and more citizens are against the detention of immigrants carried out during operations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Thanks to the efforts of researchers from Harvard University, Northeastern University, Rutgers University and the University of Rochester, the report titled “Attitudes Toward Immigration: Public Opinion Turns Against Administration Policies” was produced.

The work consisted of comparing the data from two national surveys: the first, conducted between December 18, 2025 and January 27, 2026, during the intensification of ICE control operations in Minnesota; and a follow-up survey, conducted between February 13 and March 2, 2026, the date on which the withdrawal of federal agency personnel from that state was ordered.

This is how it was determined that opposition to the detention of undocumented immigrants is now higher across all partisan, age, and gender groups studied.

Nationally, disapproval of immigration enforcement rose from 52.9% to 59.2%, an increase of 6.3 percentage points.

As of February, nearly three out of five Americans disapproved of ICE's actions.