Ashley Lopez
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Yeah.
So a lot of voters felt like ICE was getting kind of out of hand.
But in general, I will say I heard from a lot of independent voters specifically say that they were happy about specifically the border being closed.
This was something that they were praising Trump about.
Now, how immigration enforcement is going on in the interior seems to be a place where voters want to see some change.
Right.
It was like two out of the 14 folks who said that Trump carries any blame for this.
And the reason I heard a lot is Trump can't control what individual ICE agents do.
Like, yes, you can send them over to do their job, but how they carry that out is an open question.
They did, however, express a lot of concern about the training that ICE officers are receiving.
They have a lot of concerns about why that agent felt like taking out a gun and shooting someone inside.
So close was even warranted.
Like a couple of people said, like, why didn't he shoot the tire?
You know, when when Renee Goode was in her vehicle.
So, I mean, that is one place where, yes, Trump did play a role in sending ICE agents out there.
But the voters don't seem to connect that to what ended up happening.
We've got to be careful.
They feel really bad about the economy.
A lot of voters said they feel more anxiety now about the economy than they did before Trump took office.
Even though they voted for Trump, a lot of them with the hopes of the economy improving.