President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in Minnesota is rattling voters in a highly competitive swing district in northern Colorado.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/42585201

Updated 7:53 AM EST, Feb. 1, 2026

GREELEY, Colo (AP) — Like many Donald Trump voters, Miranda Niedermeier is not opposed to immigration enforcement. She was heartened by initial moves from the Republican president in his second term that she saw as targeting immigrants who were in the United States illegally and had committed crimes.

But Niedermeier, 35, has steadily become disillusioned with Trump. Never more so than in recent weeks, when federal immigration officers killed two U.S. citizens during Trump’scrackdownin Minneapolis.

“In the beginning, they were getting criminals, but now they’re tearing people out of immigration proceedings, looking for the tiniest traffic infraction” to deport someone, said Niedermeier. She said she is horrified because the administration’s approach is not Christian.

  • N0t_5ure@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    “He should cool it on immigration,” said Edgar Cautle, a 30-year-old Mexican American oil field worker who said he is a Trump fan but is increasingly distressed by images of immigration agents detaining children and splitting families apart. “It’s making people not like him.”

    No shit, Einstein. All of this was easily foreseen before you helped vote him into office. I hope this guy gets to enjoy interacting with Trump’s gestapo, as they ignore the “American” part of Mexican American. What a moron.

    • joekar1990@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Probably only a matter of time before that dude gets laid off too. Oil & gas jobs have been getting hit hard since trump took office

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Exactly. What do these dipshits think “mass deportation” even means?

      Same thing when it comes to Donvict talking about “retribution”. Do they think this vapid windbag is going to do something for them? Or is he just out to settle personal scores?