共和黨人對 ICE 的突襲感到有點不安嗎？
I just got back from Louisiana, where I talked with Republican voters about the state’s wild Senate primary contest and sampled a few too many beignets. (More on that race below.)One thing that struck me as I chatted with voters in the Baton Rouge area: Even in deeply conservative Louisiana, there were hints of uneasiness with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.“He thinks he’s picking up criminals, but he’s picking up too many US citizens, as far as I’m concerned,” said Wayles Bradley, 69, who said he had voted for President Trump but didn’t consider himself “far right.”“I wasn’t excited about the fact that the previous administration let so many people in illegally, and that was a very big concern of mine,” said a man who identified himself only as Craig T., 61, and called himself a “die-hard Republican.”But he added, “it just seems like we’ve kind of gone 180 degrees in the other direction. I was OK with that, but it just seems like there’s a lot of — maybe it’s a little bit of overreach.”Turns out, that sentiment is not merely anecdotal.正如我的同事詹妮弗·梅迪納 (Jennifer Medina) 和露絲·伊吉爾尼克 (Ruth Igielnik) 今天報導的那樣，《紐約時報》和錫耶納大學的一項新民意調查發現，總體上 61% 的選民表示移民和海關執法局使用的策略“太過分了”，其中包括近五分之一的共和黨人。 Seventy-one percent of independents said the same.It is possible the backlash may grow as the Trump administration expands its immigration operations, pushing this week into Maine — a critical Senate battleground state.Already, crackdowns in other cities have left indelible images, like the photograph of a 5-year-old boy in an oversized blue hat who was detained with his father by immigration authorities in the Minneapolis area this week.Some Republicans now seem to be trying to tread a bit more carefully, with Vice President JD Vance on Thursday saying the administration was seeking to “turn down the temperature” in Minneapolis. Senator Susan Collins of Maine, a Republican who faces a difficult re-election contest, raised concerns about what she called “excessive” ICE tactics in an interview with Reuters.And other Republicans, including Senator Jim Justice of West Virginia, have called for more training for ICE, Politico reported recently, even as they often stop short of criticizing the agency.“They need to show more balance in enforcement and more compassion and empathy in enforcement,” Representative Brian Fitzpatrick, a moderate Pennsylvania Republican, told the outlet.Of course, few Republican lawmakers are eager to voice opposition to Trump’s crackdown. And immigration — especially how to talk about enforcement — remains a challenging and divisive topic for Democrats.The subject more broadly divides the country, too. The Times/Siena poll found that roughly half of voters support Trump’s deportations and his handling of the border with Mexico. Protest politics can also be complicated for Democrats to navigate.As always, it will be worth watching how embattled lawmakers in tough seats talk about these subjects — if they do at all.quote of the day“I like Trump. He goes against Trump a lot.”That was Christy Meyer, a retiree from Bayou Blue, La., on Senator Bill Cassidy.今天，我了解了這位共和黨參議員在與特朗普支持的挑戰者的初選最激烈的情況下如何受到來自各方的擠壓。 His predicament is a familiar and cautionary tale of what can happen when Republicans cross President Trump and then try to backpedal: It often ends badly.A Texas test for the DemocratsWhat does it take for a Democrat to win statewide in Texas? A lot of luck, for starters.But beyond that, two Senate candidates there, Representative Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico, are making radically different bets on how to succeed in a state that has dashed their party’s hopes time and again.Here’s my colleague J. David Goodman on a race that, he writes, has become “a kind of high octane referendum on what direction the party should take, not only in a deeply red state but in swing states the party lost in 2024.”Anti-abortion activists grow frustrated with TrumpAs abortion opponents descended on the National Mall on Friday, many were “carrying a gnawing sense of frustration” toward President Trump, my colleague Elizabeth Dias writes. His messaging on abortion has been inconsistent, and some conservative activists believe he has not gone far enough in restricting the procedure.“This is not the direction that we were hoping for,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser, the president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, a leading anti-abortion group.Take Our QuizThis question comes from a recent article in The Times. Click an answer to see if you’re right. (The link will be free.)Which prominent Democrat who could run for president in 2028 called this week for an age limit of 75 for the president, cabinet officials, members of Congress and federal judges?Ama Sarpomaa contributed reporting.
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