2026-09-24T17:13:10.201Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/24/politics/republicans-suddenly-concerned-about-ice
共和党人对2026年中期选举深感担忧的最明确迹象之一，便是他们纷纷与唐纳德·特朗普总统及其不受欢迎的政策划清界限。他们呼吁结束伊朗战争，批评特朗普的关税政策，并从其竞选网站上移除了与特朗普相关的内容。
如今我们又可以在这份清单上加上一项：他们突然开始对美国移民海关执法局（ICE）提出异议。
其中甚至包括该机构此前最坚定的盟友之一。
周三，堪萨斯州的一场移民海关执法局执法行动引发了该州两名共和党参议员的担忧表态。而在缅因州，国会候选人保罗·勒帕耶就他所称的“错误驱逐一名家庭成员”一事向移民海关执法局发难。
堪萨斯州的局势仍不明朗，但移民海关执法局似乎将目标对准了该州西南部肉类加工业雇佣大量劳动力的城市。此次执法行动引发了两名参议员杰里·莫兰和罗杰·马歇尔都呼吁执法时多加谨慎的表态——后者或许是眼下共和党参议员中处境最出人意料地岌岌可危的一位。
在当地官员指责缺乏协调、企业和学校都难以应对这场动荡之后，莫兰和马歇尔各自发表声明，敦促移民海关执法局加强协调。
“移民海关执法局在堪萨斯州开展行动时，必须与我们当地执法部门配合，”马歇尔在X平台上发帖称，“我们的警长和警察比任何人都更了解这些社区，携手合作才能保障警员和居民的安全。”
他补充说，自己正在“密切关注堪萨斯州西南部的事态发展”，并已与国土安全部部长马克韦恩·马林取得联系。
马歇尔的此番言论尤其值得关注，因为他过去对移民海关执法局的评价截然不同。
尽管莫兰对今年1月明尼阿波利斯市联邦特工杀害蕾妮·古德和亚历克斯·普雷蒂一事表示担忧，但马歇尔的态度却大相径庭。
古德遇害一周后，马歇尔告诉美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）的杰克·塔珀：“有时难免会有附带伤亡”，“我们也可能同样在谈论移民海关执法局特工的死亡”。
两天后，他在接受福克斯商业频道采访时表示：“我们感谢所有在一线冒着生命危险的移民海关执法局官员。”
在随后的几个月里，他继续赞扬移民海关执法局，并于今年3月撰写了一篇专栏文章，为移民海关执法局的抓捕行动辩护。
缅因州的勒帕耶的情况与此类似。
这位前州长一直以立场强硬的移民政策立场著称，他曾批评本州的寻求庇护者是“带来疾病、消耗公共资源的负担”。
今年7月缅因州比迪福德市一名移民海关执法局特工开枪打死一名男子后，勒帕耶曾警告称，执法人员“往往身处必须做出即时决断的境地”。他还指责另一方试图“将这起事件政治化，以推动非法移民”。
但本周，勒帕耶举行新闻发布会，指责移民海关执法局“错误地驱逐了他儿子的岳父”，尽管对方持有工作许可。
勒帕耶表示，这名男子“之所以被驱逐，是因为他来自华盛顿某些人不喜欢的国家”。
“这太离谱了，”勒帕耶说。
他还呼吁移民海关执法局将更多精力放在“黑帮成员和罪犯身上”。
马歇尔和勒帕耶的此番表态，是在一些来自西班牙裔人口众多的国会选区的共和党人近期与特朗普的驱逐政策划清界限之后出现的。
鉴于民调显示过去两年来西班牙裔选民已大幅转向反对特朗普，佛罗里达州众议员玛丽亚·埃尔维拉·萨拉查和德克萨斯州众议员莫妮卡·德拉·克鲁兹做出此举合乎情理。
但如今这种态度蔓延到了特朗普2024年以16个百分点优势获胜的堪萨斯州，以及特朗普以9个百分点优势拿下的缅因州第二国会选区，这一点或许更能说明问题。尤其是考虑到这些共和党议员此前的言论，如今却突然表达担忧。
当然，就像早已不得人心的伊朗战争一样，美国民众对移民海关执法局和特朗普驱逐政策的担忧，其实早已显现。
今年7月的一项CNN民调显示，四分之三的美国人认为移民海关执法局“至少有时”会不当使用武力，其中54%的人表示这种情况“经常发生”。当时的昆尼皮亚克大学民调显示，登记选民对移民海关执法局的不认可度为60%对37%。
但选举往往会让人们突然开始关注此前可能视而不见的问题。
Republicans in tough races are suddenly concerned about ICE, too
2026-09-24T17:13:10.201Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/24/politics/republicans-suddenly-concerned-about-ice
One of the surest signs that Republicans are quite concerned about the 2026 midterm elections is the sudden onslaught of them distancing themselves from President Donald Trump and his unpopular policies. They’ve called for an end to the Iran war, criticized his tariffs and removed Trump references from their website.
And now we can add another one to the list: They’re suddenly taking issue with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
And that includes some of the agency’s strongest allies.
An ICE enforcement operation in Kansas drew some concerned statements from both of the state’s GOP senators on Wednesday. And in Maine, congressional candidate Paul LePage is crying foul over what he said was the wrongful deportation of a family member.
The situation is Kansas is still fluid, but ICE appears to be targeting cities in the southwestern portion of the state with large populations working in the meatpacking industry. The enforcement actions drew statements urging care from both Sens. Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall – the latter of whom is perhaps the most surprisingly vulnerable GOP senator right now.
After local officials cried foul over the lack of coordination, and both businesses and schools struggled to deal with the upheaval, Moran and Marshall each issued statements urging ICE to coordinate better.
“When ICE operates in Kansas, it needs to coordinate with our local law enforcement,” Marshall posted on X. “Our sheriffs and police know these communities better than anyone, and working together keeps officers and residents safe.”
He added that he was “closely following what’s happening in SW Kansas” and has been in touch with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
Marshall’s comments are particularly notable given his past commentary about ICE.
While Moran raised concerns about the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis in January, Marshall went in a very different direction.
A week after Good was killed, Marshall told CNN’s Jake Tapper that “sometimes there’s collateral damage” and that “we could be just as easily talking about the death of ICE agents.”
Two days later, he told Fox Business Network that “we’re grateful for all the ICE officers in there risking their lives.”
He continued praising ICE in the months that followed and, in March, authored an op-ed defending how ICE carries out apprehensions.
The story is similar with LePage in Maine.
The former governor has a long history of strident immigration views, including criticizing asylum-seekers in his state as liabilities who bring disease and drain public resources.
And after an ICE agent shot and killed a man in Biddeford, Maine, in July, LePage cautioned that law enforcement are “often in situations where they have to make split-second decisions.” He also accused the other side of trying “to politicize this incident to try and perpetuate illegal immigration.”
But this week, LePage held a press conference where he accused ICE of wrongfully moving to deport his son’s father-in-law, despite his having a work permit.
LePage said the man is “being deported because he came from a country that’s not liked by certain people in Washington.”
“That’s not right,” LePage said.
He also called for ICE to focus more on “people in the gangs and criminals.”
The comments from Marshall and LePage come after some Republicans from heavily Hispanic congressional districts recently distanced themselves from Trump’s deportation policies.
That made sense for Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida and Monica De La Cruz of Texas, given polls showing Hispanics have swung hard against Trump over the past two years.
But it’s perhaps more telling to see this dynamic stretch into Kansas, which Trump won by 16 points in 2024, and Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, which Trump won by nine points. And that’s especially given the prior rhetoric of some of the GOP lawmakers who are suddenly expressing concern.
Of course, as with the long-unpopular Iran war, the writing has been on the wall when it comes to Americans’ concerns about ICE and Trump’s deportations for a while now.
A July CNN poll showed three-quarters of Americans said ICE uses force inappropriately at least “sometimes,” including 54% who said it happens “often.” A Quinnipiac University poll at the time showed registered voters disapproved of ICE 60%-37%.
But elections have a tendency to make people suddenly notice problems from which they might have previously averted their gaze.
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