Most Democratic hopefuls have all taken aim at Trump’s policies, especially family separation and the border wall. But most of them have no clear border security plan of their own.
voters to his side in the 2018 midterm election. His warnings about “caravans” of immigrants headed north through Mexico failed to prevent his party from losing its majority in the House.
In a poll by Quinnipiac University in July, half of voters said they believed the president is racist, but a larger group, 60%, said they believed Democrats were more interested in exploiting immigration issues for political gain than in finding real solutions.“The riffs that candidates are using now need to be updated,” said Frank Sharry, founder and executive director of America’s Voice, an immigrant-rights group.
The tendency of Democratic candidates to chafe even at use of the word “crisis” to describe the situation at the border concerns some former officials. Trump is not subtle about the politics of the issue. He says publicly that he believes immigration will be a winner for him, something he can use to drive a wedge between Democrats and economically anxious voters who may be uncomfortable with Trump’s plan but even less comfortable with no plan. At a recent fundraiser in Texas, he boasted that Democrats would pay a price at the ballot box in 2020 for their immigration policy.
And all seven of the current senators among the 2020 hopefuls wrote colleagues last week urging them to vote against Trump’s request for increased funds for ICE.
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