GOP senators in tight races break with Trump, urge ICE to coordinate with local police

Kansas Republicans muddy the waters on ICE enforcement

Cabaña Mexican Grill in Garden City, Kansas, temporarily closed last week as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents conducted operations across the southwestern part of the state.In a bilingual Facebook post featuring a Mexican flag, the restaurant said, “ICE is in our community, and fear is spreading through the families who work hard every day to keep businesses like ours running.”Establishment Republicans, always preferring business inter…

Why ICE Is Becoming a Midterm Problem for Republicans: What Kansas, Maine and a 53% Poll Reveal

Kansas beef plants, a Maine candidate's family case and new polls show why Republicans in tight races are questioning ICE before November.

Republican Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall rebukes ICE amid surge in immigration operations: ‘When ICE operates in Kansas, it needs to coordinate with our local law enforcement’

Republican Sen. Roger Marshall publicly pressed Immigration and Customs Enforcement to coordinate with local police as federal agents carried out immigration operations across southwest Kansas, marking a rare break from an agency he has largely defended during his time in office. Marshall’s statement Roger Marshall’s public statements represent a rare breach with an executive agency he has consistently defended throughout his tenure in office. B…

GOP senators in tight races break with Trump, urge ICE to coordinate with local police

Republicans in some of the country’s most competitive midterm races are breaking with President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration agenda.