How immigration is molding the US midterms: ‘Trump has gone too far’

Mass deportation, the one promise Donald Trump has plainly fulfilled, is now shaping races across the country ahead of November's midterms, which will determine who controls Congress and which Trump has described as a verdict on his presidency, according to The Guardian.

In Florida, hotel and restaurant owners report that ICE activity deters staff and patrons, and Republican Representative María Elvira Salazar has aired a Spanish-language spot accusing the crackdown of betraying Hispanic constituents. Susan Collins's re-election bid in Maine is overshadowed by an ICE shooting that killed a 25-year-old asylum seeker. Kansas ranchers fear higher beef prices, and Senator Roger Marshall has toned down his rhetoric. Texas shows a notable shift: a New York Times/Siena poll split evenly on whether voters trust James Talarico or Ken Paxton more on immigration, in a state without a Democratic senator in almost 40 years.

Nationally, Reuters/Ipsos found 36% approve of Trump's handling of immigration, and two-thirds of Latino registered voters told NBC News/Telemundo that enforcement has overreached. Michigan State University's Matthew Grossman says even voters who don't rank immigration first see policies harming non-immigrants, including through costs.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Guardian’s reporting. Read the full story at The Guardian →