(NewsNation) — The Department of Homeland Security saw the most significant jump in public approval among a group of federal agencies in the past year, a new poll found.

Gallup reported 42% of respondents said the job being done by DHS was either “excellent” or “good," an increase from 32% last year.

Twenty-three percent of respondents said the job being done by the DHS was “only fair,” while 33% said it was “poor.”

The increase in approval comes amid the Trump administration’s heavy crackdown on immigration. On Tuesday, the department touted a 55-year low in Border Patrol apprehensions.

“For too long, agents and officers were handcuffed by failed policies. Today they are empowered to do their jobs — and the result is the lowest apprehensions in more than five decades, and the most sec

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