NEW: Trump is apparently planning to significantly increase deportations!
DHS just bought another massive warehouse intended to expand detention capacity for illegal aliens.
Local Democrats are already trying to stop the plans, but ICE is in compliance with the law.
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Factcheck: Based on recent reports from AP, Reuters, and others, DHS has indeed purchased a warehouse in Chester, NY, as part of a $38B plan to expand ICE detention capacity nationwide. This aligns with Trump’s stated goals to increase deportations. Local officials, including Democrats, have opposed it, but ICE states compliance with laws.
‘South Texas will never be red again’: Home builders warn GOP over Trump’s immigration raids
Construction executives have held multiple meetings over the last month with the White House and Congress to discuss immigration busts on job sites.
Home builders are warning President Donald Trump that his aggressive immigration enforcement efforts are hurting their industry. They’re cautioning that Republican candidates could soon be hurt, too.
Construction executives have held multiple meetings over the last month with the White House and Congress to discuss how immigration busts on job sites and in communities are scaring away employees, making it more expensive to build homes in a market desperate for new supply. Beyond the affordability issue, the executives made an electability argument, raising concerns to GOP leaders that support among Hispanic voters is eroding, particularly in regions that swung to Trump in 2024.
Hill Republicans have held separate meetings with White House officials to share their own electoral concerns.
Democrats hit +7 on generic congressional ballot.
Across the world, the cost of living continues to punish incumbent governments. Electorates of the 2020s have high expectations, and governments elected on promises of change that fail to deliver rapid economic improvement face swift electoral retribution. Our polling indicates the Democrats are on course to take back the House of Representatives in November’s midterms, with economic concerns about to punish the incumbent once again.
We have conducted two midterms polls so far this year, one in late January and one earlier this week. The most recent survey gives the Democrats a 5-point lead in the generic House ballot among registered voters, rising to 7 points when our likely-voter turnout model is applied. Our turnout model is trained on validated voter panels and converts self-reported likelihood to vote to actual behaviour (those who say they will ‘probably’ vote only actually turn out about a third of the time!)
https://www.focaldata.com/blog/cost-of-living-fuelling-democrat-strength-in-new-midterms-polling