Republicans are split on migrant policy, poll says

Latinos, young people and women are most likely to disagree with Trump's crackdown.

- BY ITZEL LUNA

ERIC THAYER Associated Press AN ICE agent stands outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in L.A. in June.

Republicans in California have diverging opinions on President Trump's immigration enforcement policies, according to a study published by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute on Monday.

The Trump administration has deployed a sweeping crackdown on immigration, launching ICE raids across the country and removing legal barriers in order to make deportations faster. The study found that although Democrats were largely consistent in their opposition to these immigration policies, Republican sentiment varied, especially by age, gender and ethnicity.

"At least some subset of Republicans are seeing that these immigration strategies are a step too far," said G. Cristina Mora, a sociology professor and co-director of the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, which administered the poll.

The polling data were collected from nearly 5,000 registered voters in mid-August. Slightly more than 1,000 of those surveyed were registered Republicans.