Sabrina Rodriguez
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
We do see that celebrities are raising public awareness of what's happening.
And Bad Bunny's comments at the Grammys sort of reflect the shift that's happening in public opinion right now.
Polls show that a majority of Americans feel that ICE has gone too far and people are souring on how Trump is handling immigration.
So it is a moment of showing sort of that shift.
However, is it something that's going to cause other people
to shift their views on this.
That's not necessarily what's going to happen.
Yes, this has been a challenge for Democrats.
You know, we saw in the 2024 election cycle that immigration was very much one of President Trump's strongest issues.
And it's one that he really harnessed and focused in on to bring in voters.
Obviously, he was successful in that as he won the presidency.
So Democrats have had a hard time navigating the politics of immigration, how to talk about it.
They want to have a humane policy while at the same time enforcing immigration laws or navigating border security.
There's a lot of conversations in Washington right now about reforming ICE.
But what the scope of that looks like really varies from Democrat to Democrat.
And I think they do not want to fall into what led to Trump being able to harness the issue in the first place.
Thanks for having me.