GOP candidates double down on anti-immigrant rhetoric

[brooklynite]

Axios

GOP candidates from Nevada to Ohio are stepping up attacks on undocumented Latino immigrants despite warnings the strategy may backfire in some general election contests.

The big picture: The rhetoric aims to appeal to white voters aligned with former President Trump who are voting in GOP primaries. But some Republicans say it could alienate crucial Latino swing voters in November.

Details: Nevada Republican Senate hopeful Adam Laxalt has spent $13,000 running radio ads in Elko and Las Vegas touting his opposition to protections for immigrants who were brought to the country as children, commonly known as "Dreamers."

The radio ads tout Laxalt's tenure as the state's attorney general for suing the federal government and "stopping unconstitutional attempts to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants."

[Darwins_Retriever]

1. Congress should pass a law turning over the boarder protection to the states

The feds would just retain the ports of entry. So TX, AZ, NM ... would be responsible for maintaining their own boarders with Mexico.

[empedocles]

2. My good Latino friend always said Latinos were in favor of immingration bringing in their relatives,

feared immigration in their neighborhoods becoming like the places they left.