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‘We May Be Deporting the Wrong People’: New Poll Shows Doubts About Immigration Crackdown

A poll of over 1,200 California voters shows 84% of Democrats and 54% of Republicans support due process for immigrants with criminal records, reflecting bipartisan concern over deportation policies.

  • A new Goodwin Simon Strategic Research poll finds bipartisan support among California voters for judicial review in deportation cases, based on a survey of more than 1,200 self-identified voters commissioned by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network.
  • CalMatters' review of more than 27,000 pages of emails shows state prison employees regularly communicate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, while pollsters gave voters two humanizing narratives and Goodwin Simon Strategic Research found clear concern about the administration's approach.
  • State data show California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation transferred more than 9,500 people to Immigration and Customs Enforcement since Gov. Gavin Newsom took office, while 61% of voters want to stop direct handoffs.
  • State leaders, including Alex Padilla, U.S. Senator from California, and Robert Rivas, Speaker, have denounced ICE's broader deportation efforts while Gavin Newsom, California governor, would veto bills limiting prison coordination with federal authorities.
  • Other recent polls released in recent weeks and UC Berkeley's Possibility Lab echo shifts as the Trump administration expands 'expedited removal' and ICE arrests exceed 160,608 nationwide.
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‘We may be deporting the wrong people’: New poll shows doubts about immigration crackdown

By Wendy Fry | CalMatters If you found out your neighbor had a past criminal conviction, your knee-jerk reaction might be that you’d want them relocated. But what if that person committed a burglary in their late teens, served years in state prison, turned their life around, and now mentors at-risk youth? Do the details matter? Researchers found that they do. A new poll by Goodwin Simon Strategic Research examines California voters’ attitudes to…

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Cal Matters broke the news in Sacramento, United States on Friday, December 5, 2025.
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