Dems seize on midterm rout to demand ICE reformbut polls reveal a twist in who prioritized immigration
Democrats are seizing on their sweeping midterm victories to demand immigration reform, even as polling shows economic concerns far outpaced it as a priority for both Democratic and Hispanic voters.The push follows Democratic gains nationwide, including wins in Texas congressional districts redrawn to favor Republicans and major upsets in the state’s Senate and gubernatorial races.Some winners are casting the results as a mandate to challenge President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and putting prospective 2028 Democratic presidential candidates on notice."Whoever wants to get our support in ’28 has to prioritize immigration reform, period," Rep.-elect Bobby Pulido, D-Texas, who defeated Republican Rep.
Monica De La Cruz in South Texas, said last Wednesday at a news conference alongside fellow Texas Democrats pushing for immigration reform.But Fox News Digital polling showed 27% of Republican voters ranked immigration as their top issue, compared to just 3% of Democrats.Pulido flipped a redrawn, Republican-leaning South Texas district, ousting De La Cruz, who won her re-election in 2024 by 14.2 points.
He campaigned on affordability while tying Trump's immigration enforcement raids at worksites to workforce shortages that hurt the economy.REDISTRICTING EFFORTS BLOW UP IN REPUBLICANS' FACES AMID HISTORIC HOUSE LOSSESSupporters of immigration reform joined Democratic lawmakers for a news conference on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Nov.11.
(Fox News Elaine Mallon)Rep.Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, told Fox News Digital that voters who split their tickets between Trump and down-ballot Democrats in 2024 were responding this year to both affordability pressures and the president’s immigration crackdown."He made a promise that he was going to bring prices down on day one.
Liberation didn't happen, so people remembered that," Cuellar, whose district encompasses border town Laredo, told Fox News Digital."Second thing is he said he was going to focus on criminals.
He...