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President Donald Trump's approval rating was reported to be at 40% in a YouGov poll conducted after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis last week.
The poll, which was conducted from January 9 to January 14, had Trump at a -14% net approval rating, with 40% approving his job performance and 54% disapproving. ICE was also viewed unfavorably in the YouGov poll with a -13% net approval rating as 47% of respondents said they believe ICE is making Americans less safe and 34% said they think the agency is making Americans more safe.
Numerous protests have been held in Minnesota since the fatal shooting of Good by an ICE agent on January 7, while state authorities have joined Illinois in suing the Trump administration for its surge of ICE personnel within their states. Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem confirmed to FOX News that "hundreds more" federal officers would be sent to Minnesota on Sunday (January 12).
Good was fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs officer on January 7 and the shooting has been widely politicized as Democrats and Republicans argue over the cause. A video shared online, which appears to have been recorded on a cellphone belonging to Jonathan Ross, the ICE officer who fatally shot Good, shows her in the driver's seat of her SUV on a suburban street talking to ICE officers while her wife stands outside the vehicle before Ross fires multiple rounds into the SUV just after it starts to move.
Democrat members of Congress and local Minneapolis leaders and residents have condemned the actions of the ICE officer while Trump, Vice President JD Vance, the Department of Homeland Security and numerous conservative pundits have defended the officer.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said "tens of thousands of people" attended what he described as a peaceful march, but Noem claimed the operation in the state would now shift from its sole focus of immigration law breaches to also tackling anti-ICE protests.
“We’re going to continue to if they conduct violent activities against law enforcement, if they impede our operations, that’s a crime, and we will hold them accountable to those consequences,” she said via FOX News.