共和党参议员们指出，特朗普总统在移民问题上处理失当。原本这一议题曾是共和党候选人在2024年选举中的优势所在，如今却逐渐演变为该党的政治负担。多位共和党参议员向《国会山报》表示，特朗普的驱逐政策过于激进，正在损害共和党候选人在郊区选民及西班牙裔选民中的支持率。这些持批评意见的共和党人认为，特朗普的大规模驱逐政策过于强硬，甚至盖过了他在其他政策领域取得的成效——比如自拜登卸任以来，非法越境人数减少了90%以上。
Republican senators say President Trump has fumbled the issue of immigration, something that was an advantage for GOP candidates in 2024 but is now a growing political liability for their party. Several GOP senators told The Hill that Trump's deportation policy has gone too far and warn that it's hurting Republican candidates with suburban and Hispanic voters. These GOP critics say Trump’s mass-deportation policies have been too aggressive and are eclipsing his big policy wins, such as reducing illegal border crossings by more than 90 percent since former President Biden left office. “Once you start deporting people who have otherwise been here without incident for 15, 20 years, that’s a gray zone that I think where you find a lot of division of opinion,” said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas).
“一旦开始驱逐那些在此生活了15年、20年且从未有过违法记录的移民，这就进入了一个颇具争议的灰色地带，很容易引发意见分歧，”得克萨斯州共和党参议员约翰·科宁说道，“我一直认为大规模驱逐这种做法传递了错误的信号。”
“I always thought that this idea of mass deportations sent the wrong message,” he added.
9月11日至14日期间，福克斯新闻对1211名选民进行了一项全国性民意调查。结果显示，53%的受访者认为特朗普政府执行移民法律的手段过于强硬。在那些认为驱逐行动过激的受访者中，45%的人指出政府动用了过多武力，另有49%的人认为被驱逐的对象并不该是这些人。今年寻求连任的南达科他州共和党参议员迈克·朗兹表示，大多数美国民众希望美国移民与海关执法局把执法重点放在那些除非法越境外还犯有其他罪行的移民身上。
A nationwide Fox News poll of 1,211ed voters conducted from Sept. 11-14 found that 53 percent of voters thought the Trump administration’s enforcement of immigration laws had gone too far. Of those who said deportations had gone too far, 45 percent said the government was using too much force, while 49 percent said the wrong people were being targeted. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), who’s running for reelection this year, said most Americans want Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to target migrants who have committed crimes other than crossing the border illegally. “Most Americans are saying we are a nation of laws, but with as many people here illegally as we’ve got, let’s make darn sure that our focus is on getting those individuals that have violated our laws with regard to other things other than being here illegally,” he said.
“绝大多数美国人都认同我们是一个法治国家，但鉴于目前境内非法居留者数量众多，我们必须确保执法行动针对的是那些除非法居留外还触犯了其他法律的人，”他说道。
Rounds advised the Trump administration to ease off on immigrants who “are here and that have a court determination that [says] they can be here.”
朗兹建议特朗普政府对那些“已经身处美国且经法院裁定可以合法居留”的移民放宽政策。他提议“我们不应去追究这些人”，而应“把重点转向那些当前真正对社会造成危害的个体”。他说道：“大多数美国人从公平的角度出发，也更倾向于去追究那些违反我国刑事法律的人。”北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯表示，他赞同其他共和党参议员的观点，认为特朗普实施的大规模驱逐行动有些过头了。
He suggested “we not go after them” and instead “refocus on those individuals that are actually causing harm within society today.”“Most Americans will tell you that just in terms of their sense of fairness, they would prefer to go after individuals who have been violating our [criminal] laws,” he said. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said he agrees with his Senate GOP colleagues that Trump’s mass deportations have gone too far. “I would rather have 100 illegally present people go free than have that innocent person caught,” he said.
“我宁愿让100名非法居留者逍遥法外，也不愿让无辜的人遭殃，”他说，“他们说得对。”谈及那些误将美国公民及绿卡持有者也纳入驱逐范围的执法行动时，他补充道：“如果你要采取这样的行动，就必须确保有充分的合理依据才行。”ProPublica的一项调查显示，已有超过170名美国公民遭到移民执法人员的扣留，其中一些人甚至遭到联邦执法人员的扑倒、殴打以及电击枪攻击。
“They’re right." “If you’re going to put somebody through that, you better be damn sure you have a justified basis for doing it,” he said of immigration enforcement sweeps that have caught up citizens and green-card holders. An investigation by ProPublica found that more than 170 U.S. citizens have been held by immigration agents, including some Americans who have been tackled, beaten and shocked with Tasers by federal immigration enforcement officers.
“在我看来，这种做法不仅在政治上不明智，更是不道德的，”蒂利斯说道。蒂利斯指出，特朗普在大规模驱逐行动上的过度举措，已经掩盖了他在边境安全方面取得的显著成效。“我们本应借此良机……可如今却因大规模驱逐行动的过度执行，彻底掩盖了边境安全方面取得的巨大成功，”他如此说道。《国会山报》已联系白宫及国土安全部寻求置评。
“Aside from it being politically dumb, it’s immoral, in my opinion,” Tillis said. Tillis said Trump’s overreach on mass deportations has eclipsed his significant accomplishments on border security. “Instead of taking that win … we’ve completely masked that enormous success of securing the border, by overreaching and going too aggressively” after mass deportations, he argued. The Hill reached out to the White House and the Department of Homeland Security for comment.
NPR、PBS新闻频道与马里斯特学院于9月14日至15日期间对全美1280名选民进行的联合民调显示，41%的选民认为民主党在移民问题上会比共和党处理得更好；另有38%的选民则持相反观点。参议员即将卸任的艾奥瓦州共和党参议员乔妮·厄恩斯特代表的选区同样属于参议院竞选的关键地区。她指出，非法入境者显然违反了法律。
An NPR/PBS News/Marist poll of 1,280ed voters nationwide conducted from Sept. 14-15 found that 41 percent of voters thought Democrats would do a better job than Republicans on the issue of immigration. The survey found 38 percent of voters thought Republicans would do a better job on the issue. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), who is retiring but represents another Senate battleground state, said people who enter the country illegally broke the law.
不过，她也询问是否存在“更人道的方式”来处理那些长期非法居留的居民。“这确实是个难题：这些人虽然非法居留，但如果他们一直都是对社会有贡献的一员，我们能否找到办法妥善处理这一情况并加以利用呢？特朗普总统能否对这些人说：‘好吧，我们允许你们留下，但会向你们征收更多税款……以此作为你们违反入境法规的‘罚款’呢？’”她说道。
At the same time, she asked if there is a “more humane way” to address residents who have lived here illegally for a long time. “It’s hard because, again, they are here illegally but at the same time if they have been contributing members [of society], what is a way that we perhaps could work with the situation and capitalize on it? Is there a way that President Trump could look at these individuals and say, ‘OK, we’ll allow you to stay but we’re going to tax you more … as a way of paying a fine because you broke the law entering the country,’” she said.
共和党议员们表示，此前在明尼阿波利斯市，两名美国公民在抗议美国移民及海关执法局与边境巡逻队强硬执法手段的示威活动中遭联邦执法人员枪杀，此后公众对特朗普移民政策的态度发生了显著转变。37岁的蕾妮·古德与亚历克斯·普雷蒂遇害后引发舆论强烈反弹，民主党人进而阻挠相关拨款法案的通过，导致美国国土安全部陷入长达76天的停摆状态。
GOP lawmakers said public opinion began to shift significantly on Trump’s immigration policies after two American citizens were shot and killed by federal officers in Minneapolis during street demonstrations protesting ICE’s and Border Patrol’s aggressive tactics. The fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both 37, sparked a public backlash and triggered a 76-day shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after Democrats blocked its appropriations bill.
最终，该部门经费问题通过另一项预算协调法案得以解决。根据相关预算规则，该法案无法遭到冗长辩论阻挠，因此特朗普执政期间的国土安全部拨款方案只能依靠参议院共和党议员的支持才能通过。
The DHS was eventually funded in a separate bill that was approved through a budget reconciliation process. Under those budgetary rules, the bill could not be filibustered, and the DHS funding, through the Trump administration, was approved only on GOP votes in the Senate.
支持限制移民数量的智库“移民研究中心”执行主任马克·克里科里安则反驳了共和党人的批评。他认为，在明尼阿波利斯发生备受瞩目的枪击事件后，特朗普政府已着手采取措施回应公众关切。“如今执法人员的工作方式更加专业，也不再像以往那样充满戏剧性了，”他这样评价移民执法官员。
Mark Krikorian, the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank that supports restricting immigration numbers, pushed back against the Republican criticism. He argued that Trump took steps to address public concerns after the high-profile shootings in Minneapolis. “They’re doing the job in a more professional and less cinematic fashion,” he said of immigration enforcement officials.
“你现在听到的对当前移民执法方法的抱怨来自共和党人，他们一开始就从未支持过总统的议程，其中包括科宁。”尽管如此，共和党参议员越来越担心特朗普对移民的处理方式正在使西班牙裔选民在关键竞选中转向民主党。NBC新闻/Telemundo从9月开始对800名西班牙裔选民进行了一项民意调查21-28发现，只有27%的人支持特朗普，69%的人不支持。
“The complaints now you’re hearing about the current approach to immigration enforcement are coming from Republicans who never supported the president’s agenda to begin with, including Cornyn.”Still, Republican senators are growing increasingly alarmed that Trump’s handling of immigration is shifting Hispanic voters toward Democrats in key races. An NBC News/Telemundo poll of 800 Hispanic voters conducted from Sept. 21-28 found that only 27 percent of them approved of Trump, while 69 percent disapproved.
调查显示，十分之七的西班牙裔选民不赞成特朗普处理移民问题的方式，2024年支持特朗普的西班牙裔选民中有20%现在表示，他们不喜欢共和党控制的国会。科宁代表一个拥有大量西班牙裔人口的州，她指出了佛罗里达州共和党众议员玛丽亚·埃尔维拉·萨拉查最近的一则广告批评特朗普的移民执法努力“走得太远”。“她说的是许多西班牙裔人一直在想的事情，即对那些不是罪犯、对公共安全没有威胁的人采取非常积极的执法措施--尤其是在西班牙裔人中--有一种感觉，这太过分了，”他说。
The survey revealed 7 in 10 Hispanic voters disapproved of Trump’s handling of immigration and that 20 percent of Hispanic voters who backed Trump in 2024 now said they do not prefer a GOP-controlled Congress. Cornyn, who represents a state with a large Hispanic population, pointed to a recent ad by Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) criticizing Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts for having “gone too far.”“She’s saying what a lot of Hispanics have been thinking, which [is] very aggressive enforcement against people who aren’t criminals, who aren’t a threat to public safety — among Hispanics, particularly — there’s a sense it’s gone too far,” he said.
“在西班牙裔中，我看到的民意调查表明这是一个问题，”他补充道。科宁表示，西班牙裔的投票可能对决定州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿（Ken Paxton）和州众议员詹姆斯·塔拉里科（James Talarico）之间德克萨斯州参议院竞选的结果发挥决定性作用。民意调查显示塔拉里科在竞选中领先，《库克政治报告》将其列为一场胜负难分的竞争。
“Among Hispanics, in the polling I’ve seen [it] indicates that that is a problem,” he added. Cornyn said the Hispanic vote could be decisive in determining the outcome of the Texas Senate race between state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and state Rep. James Talarico (D). Polls have shown Talarico with a lead in the race, which the Cook Political Report lists as a toss-up contest.
共和党人正在捍卫参议院的多数席位，而参议院的版图继续变得更广泛。库克周二推动堪萨斯州参议员竞选，以及北卡罗来纳州接替蒂利斯成为民主党人的竞选。参议员吉姆·贾斯蒂斯（弗吉尼亚州共和党），他来自美国最支持特朗普的州之一，上周告诉Politico，特朗普政府应该重新考虑其积极的移民执法政策。
Republicans are defending a Senate majority where the map continues to get wider. Cook on Tuesday moved the Kansas Senate race to toss-up, and the race to succeed Tillis in North Carolina as likely Democrat. Sen. Jim Justice (R-W.Va.), who hails from one of the most pro-Trump states in the country, last week told Politico that the Trump administration should reconsider its aggressive immigration enforcement policies.
“不知不觉中，就会出现一些人全身心投入到工作中，不管从事什么行业。结果就是，我们不得不把那些已经在同一条街上住了15年的人赶走。我觉得我们没必要做这种事，”贾斯蒂斯对媒体说道。不过，随着这番言论引发广泛关注，这位颇受欢迎的西弗吉尼亚州前州长又改口了。“我要把话说得很清楚：我完全支持特朗普总统的移民政策。有些人为了谋取政治利益而歪曲我的原意，这并不奇怪，但我的立场是毋庸置疑的，”贾斯蒂斯随后在社交平台上这样解释道。
“Before you know it, you get people that get carried away in their job and whatever it may be, and all of a sudden, then you’re dragging people away that have lived on your street corner for 15 years, and I don’t know that we need to be doing that stuff,” Justice told the publication. The popular former West Virginia governor, however, backtracked after his comment gained widespread attention. “Let me be crystal clear: I support President Trump’s immigration strategy, full stop. It’s not surprising that some are twisting my words to score political points, but there should be no confusion about where I stand,” Justice later explained in a post on the social platform