Megyn Kelly has warned her fellow Republicans that Americans are majorly souring on President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement tactics and that it could cost the party dearly in the midterm elections.

During a Thursday interview with Adam Corolla on her Sirius XM radio show, Kelly acknowledged that polling data shows Americans are deeply dissatisfied with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), especially after the deadly January 7 shooting of Renee Good by an agent in Minneapolis.

On air, Kelly reacted to a YouGov poll that came out on January 14, which among other things, showed that 53 percent of Americans thought the ICE agent, Jonathan Ross, was not justified in killing Good, a 37-year-old mother-of-three.

'I mean, that’s just not good,' Kelly said.

The same number of Americans, 53 percent, believe Ross should face criminal charges, something the Department of Justice almost certainly won't pursue given the Trump administration is unified in arguing the agent acted in self-defense.

According to the YouGov survey, 42 percent of respondents somewhat or strongly support the idea of ICE being abolished, while 60 percent believed ICE sometimes or often uses unnecessary force against US citizens.

A slightly larger contingent, 45 percent, do not support doing away with the agency, which was created in March 2003 with the passage of the Homeland Security Act.

ICE's worsening reputation coincides with a stronger midterm outlook for Democrats, who are on track to easily win back the House of Representatives this November. 

House Democrats only need to flip three seats to win the House, and according to the non-partisan Cook Political Report, a whopping eighteen races have shifted into the blue column.

Experts also point to Trump's approval rating declining on the immigration issue as a major problem for down-ballot Republicans, who have been put in the position of defending the federal crackdown.

Trump's net approval rating on immigration was plus three percentage points in March 2025, according to CNN. He is now 16 points underwater, according to CNN's newest poll.

Kelly partially attributed the GOP's recent fall from grace to media 'propaganda' about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis.

'This could be directly related to what we're seeing in Minnesota and the propaganda being pushed by the mainstream on it,' she said. 'It does look like - I call it disinformation that's being put out by the media around this ICE shooting may possibly be having an effect.'

Kelly compared Americans' rapid change in opinion on ICE agents to when the public largely lost faith in police departments after the murder of George Floyd in May 2020.

'The polls were terrible on police and the crackdowns...after George Floyd, and then they totally reversed, but it took a couple of years. And we don't have a couple of years until the midterms,' she said.

She appeared to warn that Trump is on the cusp of making things worse for Republicans electorally if he invokes the Insurrection Act and sends troops into Minneapolis to protect ICE agents.

'S***’s going to get even more real, so we’ll see,' she said, referring to the possibility of boots on the ground in Minneapolis.

While most election forecasters say Democrats will likely take the House, their chances in the Senate are slimmer. Though some are convinced that their prospects are growing more promising by the day.

'I’m so much more confident than I was a year ago,' Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York told The Washington Post this week. 'If I had to bet money, I’d bet we take back the Senate.'

Democrats need a net gain of four seats to control the Senate. They hope to oust Susan Collins of Maine, the only Republican senator that represents a state Kamala Harris won in 2024.

Beyond that, Democrats see seats in Alaska, Ohio, Texas and Iowa, as possible pickups, though Trump won by double digits in all those states.