Donald Trump created one awful problem for Democrats that backed them into a corner
Donald Trump is wasting no time enacting his agenda.
He’s left Democrats struggling to figure out how to respond.
And Donald Trump created one awful problem for Democrats that backed them into a corner
Democrats are trapped between a rock and a hard place on illegal immigration
President Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 Election was powered in large by his promise to secure the border and deport illegal aliens.
Democrats supported the border crisis created by former President Joe Biden that flooded the country with more than 12 million illegal aliens and enough fentanyl to kill everyone in America multiple times over.
The election served as a wake-up call for Democrats that open borders were a losing issue for them.
Congressional Democrats in swing districts and states got the message loud and clear.
The first bill that Trump signed into law this year was the Laken Riley Act, named after the Georgia nursing student who was murdered by an illegal alien from Venezuela that Biden released into the country.
It passed with bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate.
The bill would require that illegal aliens who are arrested for theft-related crimes be detained.
Vulnerable Democrats voted for the bill so they can claim they’re tough on illegal immigration in the 2026 Midterm Elections.
Left-wing activist groups are putting heavy pressure on Congressional Democrats to oppose anything that restricts illegal immigration.
Democrats are facing pressure to keep supporting open borders
Politico reported that Democrats and their pro-open borders base are poised to fracture over how to handle illegal immigration.
House Republicans are preparing to introduce the No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act, which would block federal funding for sanctuary jurisdictions.
Many Democrat-controlled states, cities, and counties could see their federal funding cut off if the bill passes.
ACLU deputy director of government affairs Naureen Shah told Politico that “we have to defeat” this bill.
“All the Democrats need to hold together,” Shah declared.
But vulnerable House Democrats are ready to break ranks.
Representative Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) represents a House district on the Texas-Mexico border that voted for Trump in the last election.
He’s expected to be one of the top targets for House Republicans in the 2026 Midterm Elections.
“I don’t listen to the ACLU — I listen to my district, how it feels on the ground,” Gonzalez said.
Gonzalez voted against a similar bill last year, but the times are changing after the last election.
House Democrat leadership privately admitted that its members in swing districts will face an onslaught of attack ads if they vote against any crackdown on illegal immigration.
The ACLU and other open borders groups have been meeting with House Democrats to pressure them to vote against Republican immigration bills.
Representative Darren Soto (D-FL) represents a heavily Puerto Rican Orlando area House District that swung heavily toward Trump in the last election.
“I pick and choose what positions I take based upon what I believe and what our district believes,” Soto said. “Doesn’t mean I have to agree with every single point of every advocacy group right in order to work with them.”
Donald Trump has created infighting in the Democrat Party over how to handle illegal immigration.
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