I mentioned last week that Donald Trump’s pledge to deport all undocumented immigrants in the country – 11 million people or about 3% of the population – in 18 months has largely dropped out of the national news narrative even though we still hear about the Muslim ban and the border wall almost every day. That doesn’t mean no one is talking about it, of course. I know people are. But I’m talking about the elite news media narrative, what’s getting asked and discussed and so forth.
I want to find out more about where Members of Congress, Governors and major candidates for those offices stand on this issue. As I wrote last week, in immediate terms, it’s the most consequential of Trump’s major policy proposals in terms of human suffering, economic consequences, constitutional violations. So where do people stand? If you see press references to anyone in the group noted above getting asked about this question, answering in support or opposition, please drop us a line at our main comments address which is linked just below the TPM logo at the top of the page.
