Credit: EWTN News Posted on 12/12/2025 8:40:22 AM PST by ebb tide
A majority of Catholic voters in the United States have a favorable opinion of President Donald Trump and support the broad-scale deportation of immigrants who are in the country illegally, according to a poll published by EWTN News and RealClear Opinion Research on Dec. 11.
The poll surveyed 1,000 self-identified Catholics from Nov. 9 through Nov. 11, nearly 10 months after Trump assumed office. Trump won the Catholic vote in the 2024 election last year, and one of his campaign promises was mass deportations — a policy strongly opposed by the country’s Catholic bishops.
With Trump administration deportation efforts underway, the poll revealed some tension between the public stance of the country’s Catholic bishops and the views held by the faithful. Among Catholics, support for large-scale deportations is even higher than their overall support for Trump.
About 54% of Catholic voters said they support “the detention and deportation of unauthorized immigrants on a broad scale.” Only 30% said they oppose this policy, and 17% neither support nor oppose it.
Among white Catholics, 60% support broad-scale deportations and only 26% oppose it. Among Latino Catholics, 41% support it and 39% oppose it.
For Catholics who attend Mass at least weekly, 58% support broad-scale deportations and only 23% are against it. For those who attend Mass less frequently, 50% support the deportations and 36% oppose it.
Catholics who attend Mass regularly were more likely to have a favorable opinion of Trump and more likely to support deportations. White Catholics were also more likely than Latino Catholics to support Trump and the deportations.Credit: EWTN News
According to the poll, about 52% of Catholic voters say they have a favorable opinion of Trump, compared with 37% who say they have an unfavorable opinion and 11% who say they are neutral.
Among white Catholics, 58% have a favorable opinion of Trump and 34.5% have an unfavorable view of him. Latino Catholics were nearly evenly split, with 41% holding a favorable opinion and 40% holding an unfavorable opinion.
More than 60% of Catholics who attend Mass at least once per week said they have a favorable opinion of the president, compared with 30% who had an unfavorable opinion.
Among Catholics who attend Mass less frequently, about 45% have a favorable view of Trump and 42% have an unfavorable view.
Reacting to the results, White House Assistant Press Secretary Taylor Rogers told CNA that Trump “won in a landslide victory with historic support from patriotic Catholics across the country because he promised to fight for people of faith, and he has delivered in record time.”
“President Trump launched a task force to eliminate anti-Christian bias, pardoned Christian and pro-life activists, enforced the Hyde Amendment, defunded Planned Parenthood, stopped the chemical mutilation of our nation’s children, and stopped men from competing in women’s sports and invading their private spaces,” she said.
Other administration officials had positive favorability numbers. About 50% of Catholic voters have a favorable view of Vice President JD Vance, compared with 31% who have an unfavorable view. About 42% of Catholic voters have a favorable view of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, compared with 25% who have an unfavorable view.
Ping
Indeed, more pulpit socialism from the church leaders.
I have no gripe with the bishops statements.
I can fully support the idea that ‘migrants’ should be treated with dignity and safety as they are being deported.
I can fully support that deportations are not ‘indescriminant’ but are focused on specifically those here illegally or those with views against western civilization.
I can fully support that we determine deportability based on an individuals status and not the status of the ‘masses.’
Bishops will be opening their eye’s perhaps on just how little moral weight the Catholic Church actually has among the faithful. Perhaps this is another wake up call for them.
What makes you think they aren't? Do you believe the MSM lies about ICE raiding churches?
The illegals are being treated with dignity as they are respectfully removed from my country
Most Catholics evaluate their bishop on how closely he matches their own positions, not the other way around. There are some of course who may not have much of an opinion, and may listen to the bishop for help making up their mind. I’d say these are a minority.
“Bishops will be opening their eye’s perhaps on just how little moral weight the Catholic Church actually has among the faithful. “
A better way of saying it would be: “Bishops will be opening their eye’s perhaps on just how little moral weight THEY THEMSELVES actually have among the faithful.” As a Catholic, I can look at the Catechism of the CAtholic Church, the teachings of the great doctors and saints of the Church (St Thomas Aquinas, St Francis of Assisi, etc), and say, “That’s all fine.” But the pronouncements of the current archbishop of Chicago? Meh. Who cares.
Most catholics don’t even follow the moral laws of the Church either. Its simply not surprising that they don’t give Bishop’s pronouncements the time of day.
I don’t remember electing any bishops?-/
In what post did I imply they are not being treated with dignity and safety? Do you have me confused with someone else?
It’s not you, it’s the despicable bishops, who are not only implying but outright lying, about the treatment of illegals.
Sadly, many of the current bishops in the US and Europe and barely even Catholic any more. They’ve abandoned church doctrine in favor of the woke secular fad of the day.
When Catholic leaders “talk about why these laws shouldn’t be enforced … they need to understand, if we don’t enforce laws, what message does that send to the world?” Homan said. He says it sends the message: “Cross the border. It’s illegal, but don’t worry about it.”
People need to understand “a border wall saves lives,” Homan said. “I would ask the Catholic leadership, go talk to the hundreds of… moms and dads that have buried their children because their children were killed by someone that wasn’t supposed to be here.”
Thanks ebb tide. HOORAY Tom Homan! RIP dead humans.
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