Trump’s immigration crackdown is dividing US voters before the November 3 midterms, with polls showing many think enforcement has gone too far. Republicans and Democrats are both trying to turn the issue to their advantage.
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01Summary
- 01A Fox News poll in September found 53 percent of registered voters thought the immigration crackdown had gone too far.
- 02The same poll said 60 percent of independent voters and two-thirds of Hispanic respondents agreed the effort had overreached.
- 03ICE said in September it recorded two consecutive months with more than 50,000 immigration arrests, beating the June record of 43,900 detentions.
- 04The Deportation Data Project says about 70 percent of people held in ICE detention have no criminal record.
- 05Maria Elvira Salazar and other Republicans have publicly criticised Trump’s tactics, while Democrats such as Richard Gonzales want to use the issue against Republicans.
02Why it matters
The debate could shape control of Congress and key state races at the midterms. It also affects immigrant communities directly, with families facing arrests, detention and possible deportation.
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