几位以“负担得起”信息竞选的知名民主党人，在福克斯新闻数字频道追问他们为何突然转向预示将对特朗普政府展开调查（在许多情况下包括其移民执法行动）时，基本保持沉默。
Several prominent Democrats who ran on an "affordability" message were largely silent when pressed by Fox News Digital on their sudden pivot to foreshadowing investigations into the Trump administration, including in many cases its immigration enforcement efforts.
加利福尼亚州民主党众议员罗伯特·加西亚有望领导众议院监督委员会，他在民主党周二获胜后发表声明：“请好律师吧”，尽管他此前曾承诺将家庭开支与政府问责并列为优先事项。
Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., who is poised to lead the House Oversight Committee, responded to Democrats' win Tuesday with a statement: "Lawyer Up", despite having pledged to prioritize household costs alongside government accountability.
加西亚在大选前告诉CNN，“民主党的优先事项”将是降低“汽油、食品杂货、房贷、房租”的成本，同时打击政府腐败。
Garcia told CNN before the election that "Democratic priorities" would be lowering the cost of "gas, groceries, the mortgage, the rent," alongside combating government corruption.
应置评请求，加西亚的一名代表分享了他在周三发布的一条推文——即在周二发出“请好律师吧”警告之后——该推文提到了负担能力问题：“人们买不起汽油、食品杂货、房租，是因为唐纳德·特朗普及其家族正在欺骗美国人民、让自己致富。打击腐败就是为了让工薪家庭的生活更负担得起，”加西亚在推文中说。
In response to a request for comment, a representative for Garcia shared a tweet he posted Wednesday, after his Tuesday "lawyer up" warning, that referenced affordability: "People can’t afford gas, groceries, and rent because Donald Trump and his family are ripping off the American people and enriching themselves. Taking on corruption is about making life more affordable for working families," Garcia said in the tweet.
在大选前，“小分队”成员、伊利诺伊州民主党众议员德莉亚·拉米雷斯在PBS-芝加哥选民指南中写道，“毫无疑问，生活成本上涨是‘工薪阶层议程’的头号问题。”然而，大选后她的基调似乎发生了变化：“诺伊姆、马克韦恩、米勒、霍曼、博维诺，你们好？腾出时间吧，”拉米雷斯说。
Before the election, "Squad" Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., wrote in a PBS-Chicago voters guide that there is "no question that the rising cost of living is the number one issue" for a "working people’s agenda." After the election, however, her tone appeared to change: "Noem, Markwayne, Miller, Homan, Bovino, what’s up?
包括她点名的目标之一、前边境巡逻队指挥官格雷戈里·博维诺在内的多位网友予以反驳。
Clear your schedule," Ramirez said. Several respondents pushed back, including one of her stated targets, former Border Patrol Cmdr.
“亲爱的，收敛点你的极权主义冲动，”博维诺在X平台回应道，“在这个国家，公民不向共产党人负责，尽管你似乎深信不疑。”博维诺接着建议拉米雷斯不如用他在退休后创立的一个威士忌品牌放松一下。
Gregory Bovino. "Honey, slow your totalitarian roll," Bovino responded on X. "Citizens don’t answer to communists in this country as much as you seem to believe that." Bovino went on to suggest Ramirez instead relax with a bottle of whiskey from a brand the former immigration official launched upon retirement.
其他回复者也指出，拉米雷斯的大选后言论并未提及她的负担能力优先事项：“注意她完全没提如何帮助选民，只提‘搞特朗普’，”一人说道。
Other respondents also pointed out that Ramirez’ post-election missive didn’t mention her affordability priority: "Notice nothing about how she is going to help her constituents but ‘get Trump’," said one.
“所以，你们从来不真正在乎负担能力，”前能源部职员马特·范斯沃尔补充道。
"So, you guys never really gave a s--- about affordability," added former Energy Department staffer Matt van Swol.
众议员阿纳莉莉亚·梅希亚（民主党-新泽西州）现代表前众议员罗德尼·弗雷林海森长期把持的共和党席位，她将负担能力和移民政策都纳入了竞选信息。
Rep. Analilia Mejia, D-N.J., who now represents the longtime Republican-held seat of former Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, made both affordability and immigration policy part of her campaign message.
“我们要像狂欢节抛撒串珠一样发传票，”梅希亚周三在X上的首条帖子写道。
" We’re going to toss out subpoenas like Mardi Gras beads," Mejia’s first X post Wednesday read.
众议员托尼·维德（共和党-威斯康星州）回应称，这显示民主党“毫无计划让你们的生活变得更好”，引来梅希亚回怼，她称对方为“怪胎先生”，随后才提到“为美国人服务的经济”。
Rep. Tony Wied, R-Wis., responded it showed Democrats "have no plans to make life better for you," eliciting a response from Mejia in which she dubbed him "Mr. Weird" and only then mentioned an "economy that works for" Americans.
4月，众议员亚萨明·安萨里（民主党-亚利桑那州）发布长篇声明，宣布“新负担能力议程”，并强调她在国会进步核心小组“降低成本工作组”中的角色。选举之夜，安萨里发帖：“谢谢总统先生。我们的答谢将在1月到来，以传票的形式。”随后的一条推文呼吁弹劾战争部长皮特·赫格塞斯。
In April, Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., released a lengthy statement announcing a "New Affordability Agenda" and highlighting her role on the Congressional Progressive Caucus’ "Lowering Costs Task Force." On Election Night, Ansari posted: "Thank you Mr. President. Our thank-you will come in January with subpoenas." An ensuing tweet called for the impeachment of War Secretary Pete Hegseth.
周三，安萨里最终发布了一项与政策相关的承诺，誓言遏制人工智能。
On Wednesday, Ansari ultimately posted a policy-related pledge to curtail AI.
参议员爱德华·马基（民主党-马萨诸塞州）在中期选举期间表示，他的优先事项是“食品杂货、汽油价格、能源成本”等。
Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., stated during the midterms that his priorities were "groceries, gas prices energy costs" and the like.
然而，他的选举后声言称“为了我们要印制的所有传票，需要种多少‘新森林’”，反而释放出优先调查埃隆·马斯克等科技高管的信号。
However, his post-election missive remarking on how many "new forests" will need planting for "all of the subpoenas we’ll be printing," instead signaled a priority to investigate tech executives like Elon Musk.
“负担能力，”前弗吉尼亚州众议员尼克·弗雷塔斯（共和党-卡尔佩珀）在回复中讽刺道。
"Affordability," quipped former Virginia Del. Nick Freitas, R-Culpeper, in a reply.
拉米雷斯、梅希亚、马基和安萨里未回应就其明显的立场转变置评的请求。加西亚的代表通过提供他随后关于可负担能力的帖子作出回应。加西亚和拉米雷斯此前分别曾将政府问责和移民监督列为优先事项，但他们在选举后的即时声明强调的是调查，而非他们在竞选途中所强调的可负担能力措施。
Ramirez, Mejia, Markey and Ansari did not respond to requests for comment on their apparent pivots. Garcia’s representative responded by providing his subsequent post on affordability. Both Garcia and Ramirez had previously identified government accountability and immigration oversight, respectively, as priorities, but their immediate post-election statements emphasized investigations rather than the affordability measures they had highlighted on the campaign trail.
国土安全部在向福克斯新闻数字频道发表的评论中，似乎对这一新出现的优先事项坦然处之。
DHS appeared to take the newfound priority in stride in comments to Fox News Digital.
“遗憾的是，民主党人对政治花招的兴趣大于对施政的兴趣，”国土安全部首席律师詹姆斯·珀西瓦尔表示。
"It is unfortunate that Democrats are more interested in political shenanigans than in governing," said DHS’ top attorney James Percival.
“但请放心，我们已做好充分准备应对这些胡闹，以便穆林部长能继续专注于保卫国土，”该法律顾问说。
"Rest assured, however, that we are well prepared to deal with this nonsense so Secretary Mullin can continue focusing on protecting the homeland," the counsel said.
司法部一名发言人呼应了珀西瓦尔的观点，称该机构“不惧怕来自民主党人的威胁”，并保证其员工已遵守法律。
A Justice Department spokesperson echoed Percival, saying the agency is "not afraid of threats from Democrats" and assured its staff has followed the law.
“民主党人在国会延续他们上次执政时留下的武器化努力，而不是专注于为美国民众降低成本，这丝毫不令人惊讶，”该发言人说。
"It is no surprise that rather than focus on bringing down costs for Americans, Democrats in Congress are picking up where their weaponization efforts left off when they were last in power," the spokesperson said.
与此同时，白宫告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，特朗普仍愿意在能够合作帮助“辛勤工作的美国人”的问题上与民主党人合作。“如果民主党人选择追究虚假调查和激进左翼政策，他们就是选择与美国人民为敌，”发言人劳伦·比斯说。移民鹰派人士发出了为民主党人预示的事态做准备的信号。
Meanwhile, the White House told Fox News Digital that Trump remains willing to work with Democrats on issues they can collaborate on to help "hardworking Americans." "If Democrats choose to pursue sham investigations and radical-left policies, they are choosing to work against the American people," spokeswoman Lauren Bis said. Immigration hawks signaled preparations for what Democrats foreshadowed.
“大规模驱逐联盟”向福克斯新闻数字频道表示，其领导人一直批评拜登时代的开放边境政策，并断言特朗普政府在某些方面做得还不够，他们已准备好在攻势中为官员进行辩护。
The Mass Deportation Coalition, whose leaders have been critical of Biden-era open-border policies and have asserted that the Trump administration has not done enough on the issue in some areas, told Fox News Digital they are prepared to defend officials amid the onslaught.
“我们知道接下来会发生什么，”大规模驱逐联盟领导人迈克·豪厄尔说。“很多人会趁机捞钱，向爱国者收取高昂的律师费，把手伸向最弱势的人群。”
"We know what’s coming," said Mass Deportation Coalition leader Mike Howell. "A lot of people are going to be cashing-out and charging patriots expensive legal fees to the most vulnerable."
“我们以前经历过这一切，也准备好为那些被武器化骚扰针对的爱国者作出牺牲。”前众议院监督委员会法律顾问、移民法官安德鲁·阿瑟表示，国会有权调查国土安全部的工作，但他补充说，这可能并不是美国人期望的优先事项。
"We have been through this before and are ready to sacrifice for the patriots who are targeted by weaponized harassment." Former House Oversight Committee counsel and immigration judge Andrew Arthur said Congress has the prerogative to investigate DHS’ work but added that it may not be what Americans are looking for as a priority.
阿瑟引用拉米雷斯对“边境沙皇”汤姆·霍曼的提及，指出这位曾在奥巴马政府任职的官员长期以来在共和党和民主党人中都有“正面”的评价。
Citing Ramirez’ mention of Border Czar Tom Homan, Arthur noted that the onetime Obama official long held "positive" ratings from Republicans and Democrats.
“人们普遍认为，他是在诺姆离开后进来收拾局面、让情况稍微好转的那个人。所以这大概不会是件特别受欢迎的事，”他说。
"He was commonly viewed as the guy who came in and cleaned things up after Noem left, got things a little bit better. So that's probably not going to be a terribly popular thing," he said.
现供职于移民研究中心的阿瑟说：“这其实与可负担性无关，但任何显示政府存在浪费的事情，从技术上讲都能被扯到可负担性上，而这完全取决于媒体有多愿意接受这种说法。”
"This isn't really affordability but anything that shows waste in government technically goes to affordability and it all depends on how willing the media is to accept that talking point," said Arthur, now at the Center for Immigration Studies.
阿瑟说，在调查进行期间，国土安全部大体上可以照常使用此前已确定的资金运作；他补充说，马林和特朗普所做的很多事情本就属于国会自己通过的法律范畴。
Arthur said DHS can largely proceed as usual with its previously established funding while any investigations take place, adding that much of what Mullin and Trump have done already falls under established law that Congress itself passed.
阿瑟援引1952年《移民与国籍法》说，除非“修改法律本身——如果（特朗普）否决，他们就做不到这一点”，民主党人可以就涉及移民及海关执法局的枪击事件及类似事件展开调查，并试图把该机构描绘成“负面形象”，但他们的更大议程反而会得到《移民与国籍法》的支撑。
Referencing the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, Arthur said that, short of "amending the law itself – which they can’t do if [Trump] vetoes it" Democrats can probe and try to paint the agency in a "bad light" over ICE-involved shootings and similar incidents, but that their larger agenda would be buttressed by the INA.
美联储研究人员2026年发布的一份白皮书发现，“未经授权”的移民增多促成了2021年至2024年间住房成本上涨，并估计这波移民流入使普通大都市区的房价上涨了6.6%，租金上涨了4.3%。
A 2026 whitepaper by Federal Reserve Bank researchers found elevated "unauthorized" immigration contributed to rising housing costs between 2021 and 2024, estimating that the influx increased home prices by 6.6% and rents by 4.3% in the average metropolitan area.
研究人员将这一增长归因于新增住房需求未能被充足的新建住房所满足，这为非法移民可能对关键可负担性指标产生不利影响的论点提供了间接的实证支持。
The researchers attributed the increases to additional housing demand that was not matched by sufficient new construction, lending indirect empirical support to arguments that illegal immigration can have adverse effects on key affordability metrics.