--- title: Donald Trump: Latinos Believe Situation Has Gotten Worse description: A growing number of Latinos believe their situation in America has gotten worse under President Donald Trump, according to a new survey. canonical: https://time.com/4680955/latinos-donald-trump-survey/ author: Abigail Abrams article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-23T22:49:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T10:45:11.105Z article:section: Politics og:title: Some Latinos Believe Their Situation Is Worse Under Trump og:description: According to a new survey og:url: https://time.com/4680955/latinos-donald-trump-survey/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt401568d5e9d06c2b/6988bba886f68e55656e39ee/latinos-california-immigrants-deportation-donald-trump-white-house-hispanic.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: Los Angeles Area Students Organize Large Anti-Trump Protest og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Some Latinos Believe Their Situation Is Worse Under Trump twitter:description: According to a new survey twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt401568d5e9d06c2b/6988bba886f68e55656e39ee/latinos-california-immigrants-deportation-donald-trump-white-house-hispanic.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Some Latinos Believe Their Situation Is Worsening Under President Trump > Sponsored content. 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David McNew—Getty Images by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Feb 23, 2017 10:49 PM UTC Latinos may have mixed feelings about President Donald Trump, but a majority believe their situation has gotten worse in the U.S., according to results of a new Pew Research Center [survey](http://www.pewhispanic.org/2017/02/23/latinos-and-the-new-trump-administration/). Pew researchers spent about a month before Trump’s inauguration asking Latinos how they felt about their place in America, in addition to what they expected under a Trump presidency. Forty-one percent said they were worried about their situation, while 54% said they were confident about their future. Unauthorized Latinos and those who were legal residents without citizenship were even more concerned, with 47% of Latinos worried that a family member or a close friend could be deported. A growing number of Latinos consider their situation in the U.S. to be worse than it was a year ago. “The share today that says the group’s situation has worsened is about double the share that said the same in 2013,” Pew reports. The survey was conducted before President Trump [ramped up enforcement](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/us/politics/dhs-immigration-trump.html?%5Fr=0) of national immigration laws on Tuesday, expanding his administration’s priorities to allow for the arrest and deportation of nearly all unauthorized immigrants regardless of circumstance. It was also before Trump’s proposed [immigration ban](http://time.com/4665720/donald-trump-immigration-ban-crowdrise-gofundme/), which has been temporarily blocked. Despite the growing fear of deportation, immigration was a lower priority for Latinos: Nearly three quarters of survey respondents said that improving the country’s education system was their top priority, followed by defending the country against terrorism, strengthening the economy and reducing [healthcare costs.](http://time.com/money/4678544/aca-town-halls-mcconnell-rose-mudd-perkins-video/) Immigration came in last of the five priorities Pew surveyed for, which is consistent with [previous](http://www.pewhispanic.org/2016/10/11/democrats-maintain-edge-as-party-more-concerned-for-latinos-but-views-similar-to-2012/) [Pew surveys.](http://www.pewhispanic.org/2009/01/15/hispanics-and-the-new-administration/) President Trump’s new immigration ban is reportedly nearing completion, according to [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/20/politics/trump-new-executive-order-immigration/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4680955/latinos-donald-trump-survey/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4680955/latinos-donald-trump-survey/"},"headline":"Some Latinos Believe Their Situation Is Worsening Under President Trump","datePublished":"2017-02-23T22:49:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:45:11.105Z","description":"But not necessarily because of the proposed immigration ban","url":"https://time.com/4680955/latinos-donald-trump-survey/","keywords":["Latinos","Immigration","Donald Trump","deportation","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt401568d5e9d06c2b/6988bba886f68e55656e39ee/latinos-california-immigrants-deportation-donald-trump-white-house-hispanic.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abigail Abrams","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt401568d5e9d06c2b/6988bba886f68e55656e39ee/latinos-california-immigrants-deportation-donald-trump-white-house-hispanic.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Los Angeles Area Students Organize Large Anti-Trump Protest","caption":"Los Angeles Area Students Organize Large Anti-Trump Protest","creditText":"David McNew—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/latinos/","name":"Latinos"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4680955/latinos-donald-trump-survey/","name":"Some Latinos Believe Their Situation Is Worsening Under President Trump"}}]}] ```