President Donald Trump delivered on his key campaign promise: Securing the border.

Yet the only thing falling faster than illegal crossings has been his approval rating on immigration.

The problem: Instead of building on his win at the border with more popular arrests of criminal threats inside the country, the administration is going after migrants indiscriminately.

Democrats can’t deny it: The border crisis is over. Border Patrol arrests have fallen nearly 90% since December to near-record lows.

Nonetheless, only 40% of voters approved of the president’s handling of immigration in a July Quinnipiac poll, while 55% disapproved. The 15-point approval deficit contrasts with a 1 rating in the January Q-poll. Other polls show similarly dramatic declines.

Of course, people don’t actually want more illegal immigration. Polls consistently show that the president is the most trusted on the border.

Instead, it’s the deportations from within the United States driving the discontent. Quinnipiac’s July poll found that only 38% approve of how the administration is handling deportations.

That doesn’t mean voters back the other side — 84% of disagree with Democrats who want to suspend deportations completely, according to a

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