CNN chief information analyst Harry Enten on Monday mentioned he’s “not likely shocked” that President Donald Trump has despatched his border czar Tom Homan to sort out the rising protests in Minnesota towards the immigration crackdown, and advised Kristi Noem’s tanking reputation as the explanation the homeland safety secretary wasn’t despatched as an alternative.
“ICE, DHS, Kristi Noem have been a political catastrophe” in polling, Enten advised “Information Central” anchor Kate Bolduan.
ICE’s internet approval ranking throughout Trump’s first time period was “fairly even at zero factors” however dropped down “manner within the basement” by 17 share factors in June 2025 “when all that stuff was happening in Los Angeles,” he mentioned. “However then, after Minneapolis, it’s even decrease, -27 factors on the web approval ranking of ICE. After all, this all being carried out below Kristi Noem.”
For the Division of Homeland Safety as a complete, Enten mentioned it’s “simply the identical actual story.”
Its first-term Trump ranking was “fairly gosh darn good” with 59% however now it’s right down to about 42%, mentioned Enten, noting it’s “the identical story we’re seeing irrespective of which ballot query we take a look at.”
“The recognition of ICE, of DHS, has utterly fallen below the second Trump time period,” he continued. “All of the actions in Minneapolis, in Los Angeles, in these main American cities, have been very a lot rejected by the American folks. It has been a political catastrophe for the second Trump administration.”
Enten famous that Noem herself “has not been standard in every part she’s carried out” and “each single ballot that has been carried out on Kristi Noem’s reputation, each single one, the web approval has been unfavorable.”