President Donald Trump is forcing Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) to walk a tightrope on one of the most controversial planks of his immigration agenda, ordering a new wave of ICE raids that is complicating her fight for political survival in Maine.
On Tuesday, the Trump administration began a surge of immigration agents to her home state, bringing the partisan rancor that has fueled weeks of protests in Minnesota to what could be the most heavily contested Senate battleground in November. The move reflects a doubling down by Trump on immigration, a campaign issue that helped him mount a successful return to the White House in 2024.
Yet ICE has also become intensely polarizing since an officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis earlier this month, raising GOP fears
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