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65% of Americans support granting asylum to Haitian families, revealing a significant disconnect between the recent Supreme Court ruling that allows the removal of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian migrants and general public sentiment.
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Americans’ Humanitarian Views on Haitian Migrants Drs. Will McCorkle, Lina-Maria Murillo, and E. Kyle Romero are 2025-2026 PRRI Public Fellows studying the intersection of politics, religion, and immigration and migration. This Spotlight Analysis is…

The majority of Americans (57%) agree that the surge of ICE officers in places like Minnesota is making communities less safe.
Trump is pushing back against a DHS decision to temporarily pause vehicle stops made by ICE, following two ICE-involved shootings this month.

Trump blasts DHS decision to pause immigration traffic stops The president's broadside comes just a day after the Homeland Security Department decided to pause the practice, following two immigration-related shooting deaths.

PRRI CEO Melissa Deckman, Ph.D., suggests that some churches’ continued emphasis on “patriarchal religious traditions” and “more traditional gender roles” helps explain Gen Z trends in religiosity, noting, “I think that kind of perception of American religion has really been off-putting to a lot of young women today.” Read more:

Religion’s Longstanding Gender Gap Is Narrowing Among Gen Z But which gender is narrowing it—and why?

"Religious liberty is a banner under which the administration and its allies will continue to undermine other civil rights, dismantle public goods, and insulate certain favored citizens from public accountability...

PRRI has found that 11 percent of Americans are “adherents” to Christian nationalist ideas and 21 percent are “sympathizers.” Christian nationalism is correlated with support for religion in general and “Judeo-Christian values.” In a 2021 poll on religious liberty, PRRI found that 10 percent of Americans completely agree and 21 percent somewhat agree with the statement, “In the U.S., when there is a conflict, the rights and religious freedom of Christians have priority over the rights and religious freedom of non-Christians and non-religious Americans.” About a third of Americans, then, support some kinds of favorable treatment for Christians."

From PRRI Public Fellow Charles McCrary, Ph.D.

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The Ultimate Goal of the Right’s “Religious Liberty” Crusade | The New Republic A new report from Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission makes clear that this issue is just a stalking horse for a much broader political project to transform America.