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MAJORITIES OF LATINOS DISAPPROVE OF TRUMP  
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Carolyne Im and Luis Noé-Bustamante
November 24, 2025
Pew Research Center
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_ About four-in-five say Trump’s policies harm Hispanics, a higher
share than during his first term _

, David McNew | Credit: Getty Images

 

Latinos have grown pessimistic in the year since the 2024 presidential
election. Most say their situation in the United States has worsened.
And as Donald Trump’s second term unfolds, Latinos are increasingly
critical of his job performance and his administration’s immigration
and economic policies – two key issues for Latino voters
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in last year’s election.

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Trump’s job performance, his immigration and economic policy]
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* 70% of Latinos disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job as
president.
* 65% disapprove of the administration’s approach to immigration.
* 61% say Trump’s economic policies have made economic conditions
worse.

Still, Latinos’ views about Trump and his administration are sharply
divided by how they voted in the 2024 election: Those who voted for
Trump express strong support for the president and his policies, while
those who voted for Kamala Harris hold deeply negative views.

For instance, 81% of Latino Trump voters approve of the president’s
job performance, though this share has declined from 93% at the start
of his current term. Meanwhile, nearly all Latino Harris voters
disapprove of the president. These patterns mirror those among the
general U.S. public
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Trump has introduced major changes in economic and immigration policy
since returning to office. On the economy, the administration’s
tariff policies
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and the tax and budget bill known as the “Big Beautiful Bill”
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are among its signature actions. On immigration, his administration
has expanded efforts to detain and deport immigrants living in the
country illegally
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while using more aggressive tactics
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In the 2024 election, Hispanic voters were among the groups with the
largest shifts toward Trump since 2016
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Nearly half (48%) backed him in 2024 – up from 36% in 2020 and 28%
in 2016.1
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Today, Latinos are the nation’s second largest racial or ethnic
group, accounting for one-in-five Americans. They are also among the
fastest-growing demographic groups
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in the United States, making up an increasing share of the country’s
population
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electorate
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and labor force
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This report explores Latinos’ perspectives on their situation in the
country today and the second Trump administration. It is primarily
based on Pew Research Center’s bilingual National Survey of Latinos,
conducted in October 2025 with a nationally representative sample of
4,923 Latino adults.

How Latinos see their situation in the country

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Hispanics are pessimistic about their standing in America. About
two-thirds (68%) say the situation of U.S. Hispanics today is worse
than it was a year ago, while 9% say it’s better and 22% say it’s
about the same.

This is the first time that most Hispanics say their situation has
worsened in nearly two decades of Pew Research Center Hispanic
surveys.2
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When we asked this question in 2019, late during Trump’s first
administration, 39% said the situation of U.S. Hispanics had worsened
and in 2021, 26% said this.

When asked about how the Trump administration’s policies impact
Hispanics overall, far more say they harm Hispanics than help them
(78% vs. 10%). These views are more critical than in 2019, when 69%
said the first Trump administration’s policies were harmful to
Hispanics.

And on how the Trump presidency shapes their feeling of personal
belonging in America, more than half of Latinos (55%) say they have
serious concerns about their place in the U.S., up from 48% in 2019.

How 2024 Latino voters view their place in the U.S.

Latinos who voted for Trump and Harris in 2024 have sharply different
assessments on their place in the country.

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* SITUATION IN THE U.S.: 89% of Harris voters say Hispanics’
situation is worse today than a year ago, while 31% of Trump voters
say this.
* TRUMP’S IMPACT ON HISPANICS: 97% of Harris voters say the Trump
administration’s policies have been harmful to Hispanics, while 34%
of Trump voters say this.
* PLACE IN AMERICA UNDER TRUMP: 64% of Harris voters say they have
serious concerns about their place in the U.S. with Trump as
president, while 11% of Trump voters say this.

_For more on how Latinos view the president and his impact on Latinos,
visit __Chapter 1_
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For more on how they view Latinos’ current and future situation in
the country, visit __Chapter 2_
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How Hispanics see their personal finances and the economy

U.S. Hispanics saw an increase in median household income and a
decrease in their poverty rate between 2023 and 2024.3
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Still, majorities of Hispanics rated their financial situation
negatively in 2024. And ahead of the presidential election, most were
highly concerned about the cost of living
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and cited the economy as a very important issue to their vote.

The October 2025 survey finds that most Hispanics continue to view
their financial situation negatively. Nearly two-thirds (63%) say
their finances are in only fair or poor shape. In contrast, 37% say
they’re in excellent or good shape, a slight improvement from last
year when 30% gave this rating.

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The survey also finds that roughly one-in-three Latinos have struggled
to pay for each of the following in the last year:

* Food or groceries (35%)
* Medical care (30%)
* Rent or mortgage (30%)

Notably, about half of Latinos (48%) say they’ve struggled to afford
_at least one_ of these three necessities.

And Latinos who work full time are just as likely as Latinos who are
unemployed to say they’ve struggled to afford food, medical care and
housing.

Despite these difficulties, half of Hispanics (50%) expect their and
their family’s financial situation to improve over the coming year,
nearly the same share who said this in 2024 (51%).

Additionally, some Latinos have had positive financial experiences in
the last year:

* 36% have been able to save money for the future.
* 25% have gotten a pay raise at their current job or a better job.

When asked about the overall U.S. economy, Hispanics’ views are
mostly negative and unchanged from 2024. Some 78% say the economy is
in only fair or poor shape, while 22% say it’s in excellent or good
shape. In 2024, 76% gave the economy a negative rating. 

Many Latinos also have a negative outlook on the economy’s future.
About half (49%) say the nation’s economy will worsen over the next
year, up substantially from 2024. Another 23% say economic conditions
will be about the same as now.

_For more on how Latinos view their personal finances, visit __Chapter
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For more on their views of the nation’s economy, visit __Chapter 4_
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Latinos’ experiences and views of immigration policy

Today, 44% of Latinos adults are immigrants, numbering 21.1 million,
according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates of the 2024 American
Community Survey
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Since the first day of Donald Trump’s second term
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immigration has been a key part of his administration’s agenda,
including broader efforts to deport immigrants who are living in the
country illegally.

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Amid this heightened enforcement
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52% of Latino adults say they worry a lot or some that they, a family
member or a close friend could be deported. This is up from 42% in
March
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Majorities of younger adults, Harris voters, immigrants and those with
family origins in Central America now express this worry.

Additionally, a majority of Latinos (59%) say they have seen or heard
of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids or arrests in their
community in the past six months.

Immigration enforcement has also impacted Latinos’ daily routines:

* 19% say they have recently changed their day-to-day activities
because they think they’ll be asked to prove their legal status in
the country.
* 11% say they now carry a document proving their U.S. citizenship
or immigration status more often than they normally would.

Latinos are increasingly critical of the administration’s approach
to deportations. About seven-in-ten (71%) say it is doing too much
when it comes to deporting immigrants living in the country illegally,
up from 56% in March.

In 2023, the vast majority of Latino adults in the U.S. (82%) had full
legal status as U.S.-born citizens, immigrants with naturalized
citizenship, or lawful immigrants without citizenship, according to
Pew Research Center estimates. Meanwhile, 18% of Latino adults were
unauthorized immigrants, a group that includes those without full
legal status
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_For more on how Latinos view the Trump administration’s immigration
policy, visit __Chapter 5_
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For more on how immigration enforcement is impacting Latinos’ lives,
visit __Chapter 6_
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How have Hispanic Republicans’ views changed under the second Trump
administration?
Overall, Hispanic Republicans’ and Republican leaners’ assessments
of the administration are mixed. Importantly, Republicans and Trump
voters are not the same, though these groups largely overlap.5
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The share of Hispanic Republicans who say economic conditions in the
country are excellent or good has roughly doubled since last year from
19% to 40%. And 39% of Hispanic Republicans say that since Trump took
office, his policies have improved economic conditions, higher than
the shares who say the policies made conditions worse (31%) or
haven’t had an effect (29%).

At the same time, Latino Republicans have soured on Trump’s
immigration policy. About half (47%) now say the administration is
doing too much when it comes to deportations, up from 28% in March.
Still, the share of Latino Republicans who say they worry that they or
someone close to them could be deported is little changed since Trump
returned to office (35% say this today).

More broadly, a majority of Hispanic Republicans (55%) now say
Trump’s policies have been harmful to Hispanics overall, up from 38%
who said the same late in Trump’s first term.

Latino Republicans hold less favorable views of Trump than his 2024
Latino voters
Hispanic Republicans’ views of the president are not as positive as
the views of Hispanics who voted for him in 2024.

* Among Hispanics, 67% of Republicans approve of Trump’s job
performance, compared with 81% of his voters.
* 55% of Republicans say the Trump administration’s policies have
been harmful to Hispanics, compared with 34% of his voters.
* 29% of Republicans say they have serious concerns about their
place in the U.S. with Trump as president, compared with 11% of his
voters.

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