Texas has accounted for 25% of all ICE arrests since enforcement ramped up. The state has processed thousands upon thousands of deportations. No riots. No mob violence against federal officers. No churches stormed during worship services.
Minnesota represents less than 1% of ICE arrests. And Minneapolis is on fire.
How do you explain that gap?
The answer has nothing to do with immigration policy and everything to do with where Americans get their information.
At Cygnal, we recently surveyed voters on whether the Trump administration’s deportation efforts have gone too far, are about right, or haven’t gone far enough.
The results: 50% said too far, 48% said about right or not far enough. That’s a statistical tie. A country split down the middle.
But if you only consumed legacy media coverage, you’d assume 80% of Americans are horrified by what’s happening. You’d think the deportation efforts represent some unprecedented crisis of conscience for the nation.
They don’t.
Nearly half the country supports the policy or wants it to go further. You just wouldn’t know that from watching the evening news.
The real divide isn’t about what Americans believe. It’s about where they get the information that shapes those beliefs.