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From Darkness Unto Light, 23 March 2025 Update

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Trump’s Approval Soars to Record High as Optimism Sweeps America

Gloriel Howar, Resist the Mainstream, March 17, 2025

(https://resistthemainstream.com/trump-receives-stunning-news-as-new-poll-data-drops/)

President Donald Trump has reached his highest approval rating since taking office, while optimism about the country’s direction is at a 20-year high, according to a new NBC News poll released Sunday.

Three months into his second term, 47 percent of Americans approve of Trump’s performance, while 51 percent disapprove. This marks the highest approval rating he has received in NBC’s polling history, tying his previous best from early 2020 and October 2018.

Public sentiment about the nation’s trajectory has shifted significantly. According to the poll, 44 percent of registered voters believe the U.S. is on the right track, the highest percentage recorded since 2004, while 54 percent still say the country is headed in the wrong direction.

This represents a notable improvement from September of last year, when only 28 percent said the country was moving in the right direction and 65 percent felt it was off course under the previous administration.

Trump’s approval ratings remain deeply divided along party lines. Among Republicans, he enjoys overwhelming support, with 90 percent approving of his performance, while only 4 percent of Democrats back him.

This 86-point gap marks the widest partisan divide in presidential approval ratings ever recorded by NBC’s polling. Other polls reflect a similar trend.

According to the latest RealClearPolitics average, Trump’s approval stands at 48.2 percent—higher than his 44 percent rating at this point in his first term but lower than former PresidentJoe Biden’s 53 percent at the same stage of his presidency, the New York Post reports.

Despite ongoing political divisions, many voters continue to support Trump’s policies, particularly on trade and border security. His approach to border enforcement remains popular, with 56 percent of respondents viewing it as a positive change.

Trump’s trade policies, which include tariffs of 25 percent on Canada and Mexico and 20 percent on China, have sparked debate. However, 41 percent of Americans support these measures, while 38 percent oppose them.

His efforts to cut government spending also receive more approval than disapproval, with 47 percent in favor and 29 percent opposed. Even on controversial foreign policy issues like the Ukraine war and NATO, public opinion remains nearly split, with 41 percent approving of Trump’s approach and 40 percent disapproving.

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DHS Revokes Temporary Legal Status of 530,000 Immigrants

The Biden-era CHNV parole program allows up to 30,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela into the United States each month.

Aldgra Fredly, Epoch Times, 3/22/2025

(https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/dhs-revokes-temporary-legal-status-of-530000-immigrants-5829612?utm_source=truthsocial&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=ettruthsocial)

More than 530,000 immigrants who entered the United States under the former Biden administration’s humanitarian parole program will have their legal status revoked late next month, according to a notice by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on March 21.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem stated in the notice that the department will end the two-year parole program, known as CHNV program, launched in 2022 by then-President Joe Biden to allow entry of people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, who had U.S. sponsors.

Noem said that DHS will revoke the parole status of those immigrants on April 24, or within 30 days of the notice’s publication in the Federal Register. The notice is scheduled for formal publication on March 25.

“Parolees without a lawful basis to remain in the United States following this termination of the CHNV parole programs must depart the United States before their parole termination date,” she stated.

The notice states that Noem may terminate parole if she determines that “neither urgent humanitarian reasons nor significant public benefit warrants the continued presence of the alien in the United States” or when “the purpose for which it was authorized has been accomplished.”

Biden launched the CHNV parole program for Venezuelans in October 2022 to reduce illegal border crossings by flying eligible immigrants directly to the United States. It was expanded in January 2023 to include immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua.

The program allows up to 30,000 immigrants from the four countries into the United States each month, provided they meet certain conditions, including having a sponsor in the United States who will provide them financial support.

According to the DHS notice, about 532,000 immigrants have been allowed entry into the country under the CHNV parole program since 2022, but it remains unclear how many still hold valid parole status.
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In August 2024, the Biden administration paused the parole program after authorities discovered fraudulent information in thousands of application forms filed by sponsors.

An internal report by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) uncovered sponsors using fake Social Security numbers, Social Security numbers of dead people, and false phone numbers.

Later that year, the Biden administration barred CHNV parole recipients from extending their legal status but continued accepting new applications for the parole program.

After taking office on Jan. 20, President Donald Trump signed several executive actions to deter and prevent illegal immigration, including increasing deportations and terminating the CBP One app service, which was established by the Biden administration to allow those without legal entry papers to schedule appointments at U.S. ports of entry.

Following Trump’s order, acting DHS secretary Benjamine Huffman issued a directive to end “the broad abuse of humanitarian parole” and phase out any parole programs that do not align with Trump’s policy.

“The Biden-Harris Administration abused the humanitarian parole program to indiscriminately allow 1.5 million migrants to enter our country,” Huffman stated on Jan. 21. “This was all stopped on day one of the Trump Administration.”

Karen Tumlin, founder and director at Justice Action Center (JAC), a nonprofit organization advocating immigrant rights, called the Trump administration’s move to end the CHNV program “reckless” and “cruel.”

Tumlin said in a statement that the DHS’s sudden revocation of the legal status of CHNV parole recipients could cause “needless chaos and heartbreak for families and communities across the country.”

“Justice Action Center will continue to stand alongside beneficiaries and their sponsors to protect humanitarian parole in court, where we will defend humanitarian parole on Monday at 11 a.m. in Boston,” Tumlin said.

JAC is representing a group of beneficiaries, sponsors, and the Haitian Bridge Alliance in a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration on Feb. 28, challenging the termination of the humanitarian parole program and efforts to halt all pending applications.