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Most Americans back Trump’s deportation goals but not his tactics, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

February 26, 2026 11:04 AM UTC / Reuters

By Jason Lange

The seal of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is printed on a sign during a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) two-day job fair in Texas to help fill vacancies for deportation officers and attorneys, in Arlington, Texas, U.S. August 26, 2025. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab

• Summary

• Poll shows broad support for deporting unauthorized immigrants
• Majority disapprove of Trump’s aggressive deportation tactics
• Significant divisions within parties on immigration enforcement

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Most Americans share President Donald Trump’s view that immigrants living illegally in the U.S. should be deported, but generally disapprove of his hard-line tactics, including masked agents in tactical gear who have clashed with U.S. citizens, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

The six-day poll, concluded on Monday, illustrates both the broad appeal of Trump’s focus on immigration enforcement and the widespread disapproval of his tactics that could weigh on his Republican Party in November 3 congressional midterm elections.

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Some 61% of respondents – including 92% of Republicans and 35% of Democrats – said they “support deporting unauthorized immigrants.” Trump’s stand on the issue helped him win the 2024 presidential election as he accused Democratic politicians of favoring “open borders.”

Sixty-three percent of Democrats said they do not support deporting unauthorized immigrants, compared with 7% of Republicans.

During Tuesday’s State of the Union address, Trump tried to reclaim the narrative on immigration, which had been among his greatest political strengths before a wave of street clashes involving ICE agents. These have included separation of families and fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens. Trump on Tuesday said his focus was on criminals, noting, “We’re getting them the hell out of here fast.”

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ICE GONE TOO FAR, SURVEY FINDS

Some 60% of Americans – including a fifth of Republicans and nine in 10 Democrats – think immigration agents have gone too far, the Reuters/Ipsos poll found. Among people who do not identify with either party, 65% think authorities have gone too far. These independent voters could be a critical swing group in November when Republicans will try to maintain their thin majorities in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.

Disapproval of Trump’s tactics is particularly high among Black and Hispanic Americans, two slices of the electorate that Trump made progress with in the 2024 election.

Seventy-four percent of Black respondents and 72% of Hispanics said they did not like how the administration was handling deportations, compared with 51% of white respondents.

Since February 2025, Trump’s overall approval rating among Hispanic Americans has dropped by 7 percentage points to 29% in the latest survey. Among Black Americans it has ticked 2 percentage points lower to 14%. Among white Americans it is down 4 points to 49%.

Significant internal divisions have opened in both political parties over immigration enforcement. Among Republicans who support deportations, 23% said they were uncomfortable with the current tactics employed by immigration officers. Democrats, besides being divided on whether unauthorized immigrants should be deported at all, also disagree on whether to disband the Immigration and Customs Enforcement branch of the Department of Homeland Security, known as ICE, a central enforcement body.

RISING DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION

Some 63% of Democrats said ICE should be abolished, while 30% disagreed. The share in favor was a significant increase from a 2018 Reuters/Ipsos survey that showed 44% of Democrats supporting the idea. The latest survey showed only a third of independents back getting rid of ICE, little changed from 2018.

Only a handful of Democratic congressional candidates this year have called for abolishing the agency, with centrist organizations such as Third Way warning that embracing the idea could hurt Democrats at the polls in November.

The latest Reuters/Ipsos survey, which was conducted online, gathered responses from 4,638 U.S. adults nationwide and had a margin of error of two percentage points.

Reporting by Jason Lange in Washington; editing by Scott Malone and David Gregorio

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土耳其对F-16战机坠毁展开调查

2026年2月26日 18:28 / 联合早报

土耳其一架F-16战斗机星期三在执行任务时坠毁。 （路透社档案照片）

土耳其国防部星期四说，当局对一架F-16战斗机坠毁事故展开调查，出事战机在执行任务时，起飞不久便坠毁，飞行员不幸遇难。

路透社报道，土耳其国防部星期四（2月26日）说，两架F-16战机星期三凌晨从土耳其西北部城市巴勒克埃西尔的有关战机基地指挥部同时起飞，以执行警报反应任务。此前，在与保加利亚接壤的边境地区附近探测到不明雷达目标。

起飞后不久，出事的战机便失去无线电联系和雷达追踪信号，搜救队随即出动并最终抵达坠机现场。

土耳其国防部发布声明说：“事故原因将由坠机调查组通过详细检查予以查明”，并指飞行员在坠毁前最后一刻启动了弹射系统。

土耳其现役F-16战机约250架，并已向美国订购40架新型F-16 Block 70战机，作为机队现代化计划的一部分。

Polls show concerns about Trump’s mental acuity increasing

Analysis by Aaron Blake
1 hr 59 min ago
PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2026, 5:00 AM ET

President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.

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President Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential race after his initial opponent, then-President Joe Biden, withdrew over worries about his age and mental sharpness.

But a year-plus into Trump’s four-year term, polls suggest the American people aren’t just increasingly unhappy with his job performance; they’re increasingly concerned about his mental capacity as well.

The unease is not at the levels it was with Biden, who was 81 when he dropped out of the race, but it’s growing as an issue for the 79-year-old Trump.

In fact, multiple recent polls show a majority of Americans questioning it in one way or another. And even many Republicans seem to have concerns.

Perhaps the most striking poll came Tuesday, ahead of Trump’s first State of the Union address of his second term, which beat his own record for the longest speech to Congress.

The Reuters-Ipsos poll showed 61% of Americans agreed that Trump has “become erratic with age.” Even 30% of Republicans agreed with that sentiment.

The survey harks back to some surveys in Trump’s first term, when many Americans grew to question his mental acuity. But while the percentage of registered voters saying he wasn’t “mentally stable” approached 50% in Quinnipiac University polling following the attack on the US Capitol in 2021, it never crested a majority — much less hitting 61%. (“Erratic” is, of course, not the same as “unstable.” But they are along the same lines.)

The Reuters-Ipsos poll also showed a decrease in the percentage of Americans who say Trump is “mentally sharp and able to deal with challenges.” That number has dropped from 54% in September 2023 to 45% today.

But Trump — who often boasts about acing cognitive tests and who spoke for an hour and 47 minutes on Tuesday night — is still nowhere close to where Biden was; only around one-quarter of Americans said Biden was mentally sharp and able to deal with challenges in July 2024, the month he dropped out of the race.

Other polls echo these findings, including one from CNN last month.

That survey showed the percentage saying Trump has the “stamina and sharpness to serve effectively as president” declining from 53% in late 2023 to 46% today.

That 46% is still well clear of where Biden was in 2023 (between 25% and 32%).

A Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll last week showed majorities said Trump didn’t have the mental sharpness (56%) or physical health (51%) it takes to serve effectively.

The former is up 13 points from May 2023, while the latter is up even more – by 23 points.

Those numbers aren’t where Biden was late in his presidency, when he was in the 60s on both measures. But the percentage who doubts Trump’s mental sharpness (56%) is actually similar to where Biden was at this point in his term. In February 2022, Biden was at 54% on this question.

And, finally, is a Pew Research Center survey conducted last month.

It showed the percentage of Americans who are at least “very confident” that Trump has the mental fitness to do the job dropping from 39% a year ago to 32% today.

The percentage who are at least “very confident” that he has the physical fitness has dropped from 35% to 28%.

And similar to the Reuters-Ipsos poll, the numbers among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents should raise some eyebrows. The percentage of them who are “very confident” in Trump’s mental fitness has dropped from 75% to 66%. On physical fitness, he’s dropped from 65% to 55%.

So in both the Reuters and Pew polls, we’re seeing 3 in 10 people (or more) in Trump’s own base express some concern about this issue.

Again, Biden had worse numbers overall. By April 2024, the percentage of voters saying they were “very confident” was only 21% for mental fitness and 15% for physical fitness. CNN polling showed as much as half of his base said Biden didn’t have the requisite stamina and sharpness.

But why might Trump’s numbers on these measures be worsening?

One explanation is that they’re simply falling alongside his popularity. As people sour on Trump overall, perhaps they’re more likely to view his often-strange public performances in a more negative light.

But we’re also seeing these concerns register even with some Americans who are more inclined to view Trump favorably. It’s certainly possible that his verbal stumbles — things like repeatedly mixing up Iceland and Greenland — are registering. It’s also possible that scrutiny of bruises on Trump’s hands and whether he’s fallen asleep during public events — as well as the White House’s slow disclosures about his medical testing and his more limited public schedule — are leading some people to raise more questions than they otherwise might.

Regardless, what’s clear is that the oldest president ever elected is now having to deal with this issue, just like the previous holder of that title did a few years ago.

美加州男强灌老鹰酒水 虐待动物罪成入狱

发布/2026年2月26日 18:45

美国加利福尼亚州一名男子因为虐待动物，向一只受保护的老鹰灌酒，被判入狱45天。

法新社报道，加州鱼类与野生动物管理局星期二（2月24日）发表声明说，这名男子迪亚兹在洛杉矶县南惠蒂尔市一处公园捕获老鹰后，将含酒精饮料灌入其口中。

当局分享的视频截图显示，这只幼年库珀鹰（Cooper’s hawk）正喝着绿色饮品罐中的液体。

有前科的迪亚兹被控犯下轻罪虐待动物，以及捕获或禁锢野生动物罪。

他被判处45天监禁、12个月缓刑，并禁止饲养动物五年及十年禁枪令。他还须缴纳220美元（近280新元）罚款、履行社区服务并参加虐待动物辅导项目。

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北京称支持劝和促谈反对在国际关系使用武力 | 联合早报

发布/2026年2月26日 15:52

北京称支持劝和促谈反对在国际关系使用武力
针对是否会联手俄罗斯支持伊朗抵御美国侵略，中国外交部回应时称，北京向来坚持劝和促谈，反对在国际关系中使用武力。

有外媒记者在星期四（2月26日）举行的中国外交部例行记者会上提问，如果美国攻击伊朗，中国会否与俄罗斯一道支持伊朗抵御美国的侵略行为。

中国外交部发言人毛宁回应时说，“我们正在密切关注伊朗局势的发展。”

她并强调，中国一贯主张通过政治外交途径解决问题，反对在国际关系中使用或威胁使用武力。

毛宁指出，中国和伊朗两国人民传统友好，中国支持伊朗政府和人民维护国家稳定和正当权益，希望各方珍惜和平，保持克制，通过对话解决分歧。中国愿为此继续发挥负责任大国作用。

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台日修订打工度假措施 签证“一生一次”变两次 | 联合早报

发布/2026年2月26日 15:53

台湾与日本以换函方式完成打工度假措施修订，原本“一生一次”的打工度假签证变为两次。

据中时新闻网报道，台湾行政院星期四（2月26日）表示，台湾与日本已以换函方式完成“关于实施台日打工度假签证措施”修订，将签证申请人生涯获发次数限制，由一次增加为两次，自今年2月1日实施。

行政院长卓荣泰说，台外交部为扩大青年与国际接轨，并促进国际青年交流，持续积极推动与友好民主国家日本、英国、法国、德国、新西兰、澳大利亚及加拿大等洽签度假打工协议。

他说，自2004年推动迄今，这一签证每年都吸引逾万名青年申请，透过跨国文化体验，学习风险评估管理及培养负责任的生活态度与独立生活技能，提升台湾青年国际观及国际竞争力。

卓荣泰说，请外交部持续拓展台湾青年国际参与空间，并强化落实各项台日合作事项，深化台日关系。

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西班牙拟禁止向未成年人销售能量饮料

发布/2026年2月26日 15:28

西班牙拟禁止商家向16岁以下人群销售所有能量饮料。图为2026年2月12日，初创公司Polymarket在美国纽约曼哈顿西村设立临时免费杂货店，摆放Prime品牌的罐装蛋白饮料和能量饮料。 （彭博社）

西班牙政府计划出台新规，限制向未成年人出售能量饮料，以加强对未成年人的健康保护，遏制不健康食品和饮料对青少年的影响。

西班牙消费者事务大臣巴勃罗·布斯廷杜伊星期三（2月25日)说，消费者事务部正在起草相关法规，拟禁止向16岁以下人群销售所有能量饮料；对于咖啡因含量超过每100毫升32毫克的产品，禁售年龄则是18岁以下。

西班牙食品安全与营养局近日发布的一项食品与能量饮料广告民意调查显示，91%的受访者认为应禁止向未成年人销售能量饮料，近40%的受访者认为禁令应覆盖16岁以下的未成年人。

同一项调查还显示，79%的西班牙民众支持禁止向未成年人投放不健康食品广告。西班牙儿童每年通过电视接触到4000条以上的不健康食品广告，若将其他传播渠道计入在内，平均每天接触到约30条相关广告。

新华社引述布斯廷杜伊说，政府将在未来数周提出针对不健康食品广告的监管方案，使西班牙的相关政策与世界卫生组织等公共卫生机构的建议保持一致，并与多国已采取的措施接轨。

此外，布斯廷杜伊还援引西班牙关注儿童肥胖和健康的加索尔基金会一份报告说，西班牙约80%的儿童和青少年会摄入不健康食品和饮料，这一问题已成为公共卫生领域的重点关注事项。西班牙食品安全与营养局此前发布的风险评估指出，过量摄入咖啡因可能引发睡眠障碍、行为变化及心血管等方面的健康问题。

颜金勇：调整碳税须照顾到家庭企业近中期成本影响

发布/2026年2月26日 15:53

副总理兼贸工部长颜金勇星期四在国会拨款委员会辩论总理公署国家气候变化秘书处开支预算时强调，我国正以务实的方式，尽早为“气候受损”和“碳受限”的未来做准备。 （档案照片）

我国积极推动去碳化，但脱碳成本高于其他经济体。为照顾到碳税对家庭和企业近至中期的成本影响，政府决定检讨2028年及之后的碳税率，确保合理定价，兼顾竞争力与韧性。

副总理兼贸工部长颜金勇星期四（2月26日）在国会拨款委员会辩论总理公署国家气候变化秘书处开支预算时强调，我国正以务实的方式，尽早为“气候受损”（climate-impaired）和“碳受限”（carbon-constrained）的未来做准备。

这是颜金勇接任气候变化跨部门委员会主席后的首场国会拨款委员会辩论。他强调，若延迟气候行动，之后须做出更剧烈的调整，涉及的成本更高，冲击更深远。

为鼓励企业投资低碳技术以减少碳排放，我国2024年起调高碳税，每公吨温室气体从5元调至25元，2026年和2027年将涨至45元，到2030年增至50元到80元。

推动脱碳也须考虑区域竞争

全球有越来越多国家推行碳定价机制，在本区域也不例外。泰国去年推出碳税政策，马来西亚则拟明年推出。日本今年4月起也强制每年排放超过10万公吨二氧化碳的企业，参与日本碳排放交易体系。

颜金勇指出，全球推进脱碳之际，重视碳排放的投资者和消费者会认为，碳密集的企业和经济体缺乏吸引力。

“碳定价向整个经济发出清晰的信号：碳排放负有成本，更清洁的解决方案蕴含价值。”

但他也指出，我国天然资源有限，且缺乏替代方案，推进脱碳的成本比其他经济体高。“为碳准确定价旨在激发企业投资低碳技术，减少碳排放。”

他说，推动脱碳也须考虑区域竞争，控制政策对家庭和企业近至中期的成本影响。“我国正在检讨2028年及之后的碳税，并会提前公布税率。”

颜金勇说，如果全球气候行动势头显著放缓，到2030年，我国或须把碳税率调高至每公吨50元至80元区间的较低端。

他指出，对一些碳排放密集及面向贸易的企业来说，短期内要实现脱碳可能面对挑战，使它们难以与其他地区碳税较低的企业竞争。当局正与受影响企业联系，支持他们转型。政府也将通过提供额外水电费回扣（U-Save），帮助家庭控制能源成本。

我国的碳税征收对象主要是每年排放至少2万5000公吨温室气体的设施和机构，包括发电厂和大型制造商等。

全球气候行动承压

全球推行碳定价机制的势头不减，但整体气候行动却面临重重阻力。颜金勇说，美国退出《巴黎协定》为全球气候合作徒增不确定性。

去年在第30届联合国气候变化大会（简称COP30）上，《联合国气候变化框架公约》（UNFCCC）成员国也无法就脱碳蓝图达成共识。

全球2024年排放577亿公吨温室气体，比2023年高2.3%，排放速度是2010年代年均的五倍多。到2030年代初，全球气温升幅料冲破人类致力把控在1.5摄氏度的目标。

颜金勇说，全球气候行动局势令人担忧，但基于各国气候行动参差不齐，就此断言气候行动不再重要是个错误。

他指出，持续恶化的气候变化正在重塑经济环境与社会结构。我国碳排放量仅占全球的0.1%，无法单凭一己之力解决全球气候危机，须履行国际社会成员的责任，为环保贡献。

“我们希望激励其他国家效仿，保障我国在碳受限世界的长期竞争力与韧性。”

颜金勇强调，无论政治辩论如何发展，气候变化正在发生，且影响更显著、更频密，代价也更高。

“气候变化已不再是未来的风险，正在影响着人们的生活与生计，无作为的代价只会持续上升。”

鲁比奥：中美关系处战略稳定状态

发布时间 / 来源：2026年2月26日 15:55 / 联合早报

2月25日，美国国务卿鲁比奥在返回华盛顿之前，于圣基茨和尼维斯巴斯特尔的罗伯特·L·布拉德肖国际机场候机室向记者发表讲话。 （法新社）

美国国务卿鲁比奥说，中国与美国长期以来紧张的关系已达到“稳定”状态。

鲁比奥星期三（2月25日）在美国总统特朗普访问中国之前告诉记者，“我们至少在战略关系上已经达到了一个稳定点”，他相信两国都认为，中美爆发全面贸易战将对两国及世界造成深远损害。

鲁比奥在访问加勒比海小国圣基茨和尼维斯时说，美国将继续向中方提出各种关切，包括寻求摆脱中国在供应链中的主导地位。

鲁比奥长期以来以对华鹰派著称，他和特朗普一直将这个世界第二大经济体视为需要在全球范围内击败的对手。

法新社引述他说，美国将继续敦促中国与美俄就三方核协议进行谈判。鲁比奥称中方已公开表示不愿意这么做，但华盛顿将继续施压，因为美国认为如能达成这样的协议，对世界将大有裨益。

鲁比奥也是总统国安顾问，他透露，他预计将陪同特朗普于3月31日至4月2日一起访问中国。这将是特朗普第二个任期内首次访华。