Escalating ICE Raids Pull California Democrats Back into Immigration Fight
SAN FRANCISCO — The Trump administration’s increasingly aggressive moves on immigration are pulling Democrats back into a border security debate they had tried to ignore.
For months, Democrats scarred by the politics of the issue sought to sidestep President Donald Trump’s immigration wars — focusing instead on the economy, tariffs or, in the case of deportations, due process concerns.
But in the span of a week, that calculation was jolted in California, after a series of high-profile raids and arrests, including of a labor union leader and dozens of other people in Los Angeles, and with President Donald Trump on Saturday announcing the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops to the area.
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“Immigration is not a distraction for Democrats. We just need to have the conversation on our terms,” Elo-Rivera said. “Unfortunately, there’s folks that think they need to see a poll first before they take a position.”
