WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's recent focus on crime in Washington D.C. and other big cities has come as views of his handling of immigration — the early focus of his second term — had been flagging as polls signaled rising concerns about his mass deportation campaign too far, an analysis by The Associated Press shows.

Trump's approach to crime is now a clear strength for him , according to a new poll from The AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research . It found about half of U.S. adults — 53% — approve of his approach, higher than support his handling of immigration, the economy or the Russia-Ukraine war. That's despite outcry from D.C. residents and Democratic leaders over his takeover of the city’s police department and his deployment of the National Guard and the

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