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Where Americans stand on immigration
Clifford Young, Ipsos
Five charts on how Americans feel about immigration and how the landscape on immigration has shifted over the first year of President Donald Trump’s second administration

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The Trump Supporters Who Say He Went Too Far on Immigration
Sabrina Rodriguez and Eliza Collins, Wall Street Journal [unlocked]
President Trump risks turning one of his signature issues into a liability for Republicans in the midterm elections

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Understanding 'America First' on its own terms
More in Common US Newsletter
This month, More in Common released the most comprehensive study of Trump’s 2024 coalition to date. Beyond MAGA outlines four different types of Trump voters, each with distinct identities, competing priorities, and clashing worldviews. Here, Rabhya Mehrotra and Coco Xu examine Trump voters’ reactions to his foreign policy to argue that Trump voters do not understand ‘America First’ as an ideology but rather as a guiding principle.

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Americans voted for Trump, but never supported Trumpism
G. Elliott Morris, Strength In Numbers
Donald Trump's policies have always been less popular than his promises

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