The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) saw the biggest jump in public approval among a group of federal agencies in the past year, a new Gallup poll found.<\/p>\n
In the new Gallup poll, 42 percent of respondents said the job being done by the DHS was either \u201cexcellent\u201d or \u201cgood.\u201d Last year, 32 percent of respondents said the same about the department<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Twenty-three percent in the Gallup poll said the job being done by the DHS was \u201conly fair,” while 33 percent called the DHS\u2019s job \u201cpoor.\u201d<\/p>\n The jump in approval rating for the DHS is notable amid the backdrop of the Trump administration\u2019s heavy crackdown on immigration within the past year. On Tuesday, the department touted<\/a> a 55-year low in Border Patrol apprehensions.<\/p>\n \u201cFor too long, agents and officers were handcuffed by failed policies. Today they are empowered to do their jobs \u2013 and the result is the lowest apprehensions in more than five decades, and the most secure border in modern history,\u201d U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott said in a Tuesday press release.<\/p>\n The Gallup poll found a big drop in approval for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The percentage polled between 2024 and 2025 who perceived FEMA as doing an \u201cexcellent\u201d or \u201cgood job\u201d fell from 46 percent to 26 percent.<\/p>\n