--- title: Donald Trump Immigration Ban: Americans Approve, Poll Finds description: More Americans approve of President Donald Trump's immigration ban executive order than they do of him as president, poll finds. canonical: https://time.com/4664114/donald-trump-immigration-ban-ratings-poll/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-08T18:28:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:54:39.449Z article:section: Politics og:title: Americans Like Trump's Immigration Ban More Than Him og:description: The president's approval ratings have grown worse og:url: https://time.com/4664114/donald-trump-immigration-ban-ratings-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt37980bfd1cbf9bca/6988b94f428a9e70bacd5c9c/donald-trump-approval1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3575 og:image:height: 2011 og:image:alt: US-POLITICS-TRUMP-SHERIFFS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Americans Like Trump's Immigration Ban More Than Him twitter:description: The president's approval ratings have grown worse twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt37980bfd1cbf9bca/6988b94f428a9e70bacd5c9c/donald-trump-approval1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Americans Like President Trump's Immigration Ban More Than They Like Him: Poll > Sponsored content. 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Travelers from the seven predominantly Muslim countries targeted by President Donald Trump enjoyed tearful reunions with loved ones in the U.S. on Sunday after a federal judge swept the ban aside._  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Feb 8, 2017 6:28 PM UTC  President Donald Trump speaks at the Major Cities Chiefs Association and Major County Sheriff's Association Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 8, 2017. President Donald Trump speaks at the Major Cities Chiefs Association and Major County Sheriff's Association Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 8, 2017. Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Feb 8, 2017 6:28 PM UTC The approval ratings for President Donald Trump’s [controversial immigration ban](http://time.com/4662315/trump-travel-ban-supreme-court-lawyers/) are higher than the approval ratings for Trump himself, according to a [new poll](https://morningconsult.com/2017/02/08/trump-approval-rating-slides-despite-support-travel-ban/) released Wednesday. The [Morning Consult/Politico poll](https://morningconsult.com/2017/02/08/trump-approval-rating-slides-despite-support-travel-ban/) found Trump’s disapproval rating has grown worse during his first weeks in the White House. Nearly 50% of respondents disapprove of how Trump is handling his new job, an increase from 41% in the previous week. That trend [echoes other polls](http://time.com/4660227/donald-trump-low-approval-ratings/) that have found Trump’s [early disapproval ratings](http://fortune.com/2017/01/24/donald-trump-approval-ratings/) to be higher than those of his predecessors. Trump’s approval rating also fell slightly from 49% to 47%, the poll found. That two-point difference is still within the poll’s margin of error, which is plus or minus 2 percentage points. Still, a majority of people (55%) approve of Trump’s controversial immigration ban, while just 38% disapprove, splitting heavily along partisan lines. While 82% of Republicans support the immigration order, 65% of Democrats oppose it. 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