Rachel Bade: “President Donald Trump is facing a lose-lose situation when it comes to ICE and the increasingly negative polling surrounding immigration enforcement.”
“On the one hand, the administration is watching these escalating anti-ICE protests and clearly feeling the need to enforce order. Over the weekend, protesters stormed a church service in Minnesota after learning one of the pastors allegedly had ICE links. Elsewhere, other anti-ICE activists appeared to have assaulted a conservative influencer, and impeded the arrest of an alleged child sex offender.”
“Naturally, the administration wants to push back. They currently have 1,500 active-duty Army paratroopers on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota. The FBI is reportedly also seeking volunteers to help out in the North Star state. And of course, the president has floated invoking the Insurrection Act.”
“But on the other hand, some Trump allies are spooked by the drastic turn in public opinion on this subject. Axios reported this weekend that even their own internal polling shows they’re bleeding swing voters and minorities on this issue — two groups that will be pivotal in the midterms and which made up a critical part of Trump’s 2024 coalition.”
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