Trump’s 2024 Latino gains at risk over immigration enforcement tactics
Who's accountable for the results?
The GOP could be in danger of turning away Latino voters, who helped boost President Donald Trump back into the White House, if the White House’s immigration enforcement strategy doesn’t shift following the second death of an anti-ICE protester in Minnesota.
Hispanic lawmakers and experts are warning the White House that the aggressive tactics of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to crack down on illegal immigration will further erode Latino voters at precisely the moment the GOP needs to keep them in their coalition to retain control of both chambers of Congress in November.
“Hispanics are leaving the GOP in large numbers, and pretending otherwise won’t fix it. As Republicans, we must reverse course and act now,” cautioned Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL).
Salazar also pushed for ICE to focus on “real threats to public safety, not hardworking people who are here contributing.”
Our outdated immigration laws are tearing our country apart. Congress must act, NOW.
— María Elvira Salazar (@MaElviraSalazar) January 27, 2026
Ileana Garcia, a co-founder of Latinas for Trump, explicitly blamed Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff for policy, for the hardcore immigration tactics that helped lead to Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, being fatally shot by Border Patrol agents over the weekend.
“I do think that he will lose the midterms because of Stephen Miller,” Garcia said about the president in an interview with the New York Times.
“We should not be afraid as a party to speak up, to course correct,” she said.
Polling appears to support the warning signs. A new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that Trump’s immigration policy dropped to its lowest level, with 53% of the public disapproving and 39% approving.
A recent poll from the New York Times/Siena showed that Latino voters were more likely to name immigration as the most important problem in the nation compared to black or white voters, although they saw the economy as more important. Latino voters also disapproved of ICE tactics at nearly 70%, and 72% said ICE tactics had gone too far. But they were split on Trump’s handling of the border.
“There is a bit of a sense of disappointment amongst Latino voters about Trump’s actions, about the actions of ICE in various cities in the country, in ways that have really kind of I think put in a lot of doubt for voters … even amongst voters who supported Trump in the 2024 election,” said Roger Cadena, a sociologst at …
Who's accountable for the results?
The GOP could be in danger of turning away Latino voters, who helped boost President Donald Trump back into the White House, if the White House’s immigration enforcement strategy doesn’t shift following the second death of an anti-ICE protester in Minnesota.
Hispanic lawmakers and experts are warning the White House that the aggressive tactics of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to crack down on illegal immigration will further erode Latino voters at precisely the moment the GOP needs to keep them in their coalition to retain control of both chambers of Congress in November.
“Hispanics are leaving the GOP in large numbers, and pretending otherwise won’t fix it. As Republicans, we must reverse course and act now,” cautioned Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL).
Salazar also pushed for ICE to focus on “real threats to public safety, not hardworking people who are here contributing.”
Our outdated immigration laws are tearing our country apart. Congress must act, NOW.
— María Elvira Salazar (@MaElviraSalazar) January 27, 2026
Ileana Garcia, a co-founder of Latinas for Trump, explicitly blamed Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff for policy, for the hardcore immigration tactics that helped lead to Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, being fatally shot by Border Patrol agents over the weekend.
“I do think that he will lose the midterms because of Stephen Miller,” Garcia said about the president in an interview with the New York Times.
“We should not be afraid as a party to speak up, to course correct,” she said.
Polling appears to support the warning signs. A new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that Trump’s immigration policy dropped to its lowest level, with 53% of the public disapproving and 39% approving.
A recent poll from the New York Times/Siena showed that Latino voters were more likely to name immigration as the most important problem in the nation compared to black or white voters, although they saw the economy as more important. Latino voters also disapproved of ICE tactics at nearly 70%, and 72% said ICE tactics had gone too far. But they were split on Trump’s handling of the border.
“There is a bit of a sense of disappointment amongst Latino voters about Trump’s actions, about the actions of ICE in various cities in the country, in ways that have really kind of I think put in a lot of doubt for voters … even amongst voters who supported Trump in the 2024 election,” said Roger Cadena, a sociologst at …
Trump’s 2024 Latino gains at risk over immigration enforcement tactics
Who's accountable for the results?
The GOP could be in danger of turning away Latino voters, who helped boost President Donald Trump back into the White House, if the White House’s immigration enforcement strategy doesn’t shift following the second death of an anti-ICE protester in Minnesota.
Hispanic lawmakers and experts are warning the White House that the aggressive tactics of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to crack down on illegal immigration will further erode Latino voters at precisely the moment the GOP needs to keep them in their coalition to retain control of both chambers of Congress in November.
“Hispanics are leaving the GOP in large numbers, and pretending otherwise won’t fix it. As Republicans, we must reverse course and act now,” cautioned Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL).
Salazar also pushed for ICE to focus on “real threats to public safety, not hardworking people who are here contributing.”
Our outdated immigration laws are tearing our country apart. Congress must act, NOW.
— María Elvira Salazar (@MaElviraSalazar) January 27, 2026
Ileana Garcia, a co-founder of Latinas for Trump, explicitly blamed Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff for policy, for the hardcore immigration tactics that helped lead to Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, being fatally shot by Border Patrol agents over the weekend.
“I do think that he will lose the midterms because of Stephen Miller,” Garcia said about the president in an interview with the New York Times.
“We should not be afraid as a party to speak up, to course correct,” she said.
Polling appears to support the warning signs. A new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that Trump’s immigration policy dropped to its lowest level, with 53% of the public disapproving and 39% approving.
A recent poll from the New York Times/Siena showed that Latino voters were more likely to name immigration as the most important problem in the nation compared to black or white voters, although they saw the economy as more important. Latino voters also disapproved of ICE tactics at nearly 70%, and 72% said ICE tactics had gone too far. But they were split on Trump’s handling of the border.
“There is a bit of a sense of disappointment amongst Latino voters about Trump’s actions, about the actions of ICE in various cities in the country, in ways that have really kind of I think put in a lot of doubt for voters … even amongst voters who supported Trump in the 2024 election,” said Roger Cadena, a sociologst at …
