NBC News Chief Data Analyst Steve Kornacki analyzes a new NBC News Decision Desk poll showing President Donald Trump’s second-term approval rating holding at 45%, though a majority supports his handling of immigration and the border.

Immigration remains Trump’s strongest issue, according to the NBC News Decision Desk Poll, powered by SurveyMonkey, though Americans are closely divided over how he’s handling it.

As Donald Trump launched his militarized crackdown in Los Angeles, the president and many of his advisers were convinced that deploying troops to the streets of a major American city would be good politics for them.

The new poll, released Wednesday, showed that Trump received low approval ratings across a number of major issues, including immigration, the economy and the “big beautiful bill.” The poll found that just 38% of voters approved of how Trump is handling his job as president, while 54% said they disapproved.

President Donald Trump is under water on some of his most favorable issues — immigration and the economy — according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday. The poll shows Trump’s approval rating at 38 percent among registered voters,