If you're going to go toe-to-toe with Scott Jennings in a debate, you had better do your homework and you had better bring the receipts.
That's a lesson Jennings teaches his fellow CNN panelists frequently, and it's one Van Jones learned last night in a debate with Jennings about President Trump and immigration.
President Trump recently said ICE "haven't gone far enough" in deporting illegal immigrants. Van Jones said such a statement was a problem for the Trump administration and could hurt him with Republican voters.
After President Trump said ICE “haven’t gone far enough” with deportations, Van Jones tried to spin it as a political liability...claiming immigration is starting to hurt Trump, even among his base.
— Overton (@overton_news) November 2, 2025
But @ScottJenningsKY wasn’t having it.
He came armed with the numbers and… pic.twitter.com/zlt1x9Fp7V
Jennings replied, "I think in a CBS survey that came out today, he had a 52 percent to 48 percent on immigration enforcement, so he was still right side up on that issue in at least that one survey. I do think it's a polarizing issue, but a lot of people realize we weren't enforcing federal immigration law," Jennings said. "Now we are, and there's a heavy debate going on. But I don't know who voted for Donald Trump, who is all that unhappy that he's essentially doing what he said he was going to do. Which is simply just enforce the law."
"We haven't passed any new laws. He's just enforcing ones that are already on the books," Jennings added.
Jennings also brought the receipts in the form of a poll that showed Trump's polling on the issue.
Receipts: https://t.co/6Yoj2Rfyci https://t.co/R9z7NaD98i
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) November 3, 2025
And yes, 52 percent of voters approve of what he's doing.
CBS News Poll - Trump's Admin.'s program to deport immigrants illegally in US
— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) November 2, 2025
Approve: 52% (+4)
Disapprove: 48%
Was net -4 last month vs +4 now
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• White: 59-41 (+18)
• Black: 29-71 (-42)
• Hispanic: 47-53 (-6)
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• Male: 59-41 (+18)
• Female: 45-55 (-10)
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• Ages… pic.twitter.com/XV0g02NT9Y
As Jennings said, it's a polarizing issue. That's because Democrats and some Republicans spent years not enforcing immigration laws. Now it seems like the enforcement of laws on the books is harsh and unfair.
It's not. President Trump ran on a platform of enforcing our immigration laws and putting an end to the floods of illegal immigrants at our borders, and he's kept that promise.
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