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Immigration Helped Trump Win the White House - Now Tactics Could Hurt Republicans in Midterms
Operation Metro Surge's aggressive tactics have led to two fatal shootings and dropped Trump’s immigration approval to 39%, raising concerns about Republican midterm prospects.
- On Jan 28, President Donald Trump's hardline immigration agenda is increasingly a political liability as just 39% of Americans approve of his handling, Reuters/Ipsos reports.
- Dubbed Operation Metro Surge, the December deployment of nearly 3,000 federal immigration agents to Minneapolis and St. Paul provoked uproar with the fatal shootings of Renee Good on January 7 and Alex Pretti on January 24.
- Several Republican officials pushed back, sidelining Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino for border czar Tom Homan, while Sen. Susan Collins urged pausing enforcement; John Feehery said, `This was one of the president's number one advantages and it has become a political liability for him.`
- This coming week lawmakers are using the Jan. 31 deadline as leverage while President Donald Trump meets advisers on reducing agents and narrowing operations, and Congress pressures changes to Homeland Security funding.
- 84% of Republican respondents still back Trump on immigration, but Zach Duckworth, Republican state senator, said labeling Alex Pretti a "domestic terrorist" alarmed centrists in Minneapolis suburbs, while Democratic strategists see a turnout boost opportunity.
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C 40%
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