Half of immigrants say they feel less safe during Trump second term: survey

WASHINGTON: About half of immigrants in the US said they feel less safe during President Trump’s second term, according to a poll released on Wednesday.

In the survey by the health policy research group KFF and The New York Times, 49 per cent of immigrant respondents said they and their family members “feel less safe” with Trump back in the White House; 19 per cent said they and their family members “feel safer,” while 32 per cent said they and their family members “feel about the same in terms of safety.”

Trump’s second administration has cracked down heavily on immigration since January. On Monday, a federal judge shot down a challenge from the Trump administration to a New York law that bars immigration arrests for people traveling to and from state courthouses.

US District Judge Mae D’Agostino denied the administration’s claims that the Empire State’s limits result in unconstitutional hurdles to immigration enforcement and are prevented by federal law.