"Trump's border and immigration policies had been popular among the electorate over much of the past year. But after weeks of seeing masked federal agents tackling people on the street, detaining children and killing a pair of US citizens, just 34% of voters approve of how officials are enforcing the policy, down six points from two weeks prior, according to a Feb. 4 Quinnipiac poll."
"Republicans, meanwhile, are negotiating with Democrats on a spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security. They have less than a week to make a deal or risk a shutdown at the department at the center of the immigration crackdown. Several Republicans, who have largely been in lock-step with the administration, say the immigration raids went too far. "We should've focused on criminals and gang members, not grandmothers. That was a mistake," Rep. Carlos Gimenez, a Florida Republican and former mayor of Miami-Dade county, said this week on Fox News."
Republicans are increasingly nervous that President Donald Trump's slipping support on immigration and the economy could cost them the midterm elections. Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance is expected to spotlight the political and cultural divide over the administration's immigration crackdown that led to the killing of two Americans in Minneapolis and sparked nationwide protests. Approval of how officials enforce the policy fell to 34% in a Feb. 4 Quinnipiac poll, down six points. Republicans are negotiating a DHS spending bill with less than a week to avoid a department shutdown. Some Republicans say the immigration raids went too far, and withdrawals of ICE agents in Minnesota and Maine have not quelled concerns about alienating Latino voters.
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