Immigration Upheaval Injects Uncertainty Into the 2018 Elections
- Republicans see opportunity in left’s calls to ‘abolish ICE’
- Voters favor Democrats on immigration but GOP enjoys intensity
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A growing movement among Democrats calling for abolishing or scaling back a key U.S. immigration enforcement agency risks turning a potentially advantageous issue for the party into a rallying point for Republicans in the November midterm elections.
The GOP also is facing peril on immigration. Republican lawmakers are still struggling to respond to images of wailing children who were taken from their undocumented parents at the U.S.-Mexico border under President Donald Trump’s zero-tolerance policy.