PASSAIC, N.J. — Alleged gang members without criminal records wrongly sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
International students detained by masked federal agents for writing opinion columns or attending campus demonstrations.
American citizens, visa holders and visitors stopped at airports, detained for days or facing deportation for minor infractions.
Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has launched an unprecedented campaign of immigration enforcement that's pushed the limits of executive power and clashed with federal judges trying to restrain him. But unlike in his first term, Trump's efforts haven't sparked the kind of widespread condemnation or protests that led him to retreat from some unpopular positions.
Instead, immigration has emerged as one of Trump's strongest issues in public polling, reflecting his grip on the Republican base and a broader shift in public sentiment driven in part, interviews suggest, by anger at the policies of his predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden.
The White House has seized on this shift, mocking critics and egging on Democrats to engage on an issue Trump's team sees as a win.
''America's changed,'' said pollster Frank Luntz, a longtime ally of Republicans who's been holding focus groups with voters to discuss immigration. ''This is the one area where Donald Trump still has significant and widespread public support.''
A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds immigration is a relative high point for Trump compared with other issues: Slightly fewer than half of U.S. adults, 46%, say they approve of Trump's handling of the issue, compared with his overall job approval rating of 39%.