ICE puts vulnerable Republicans in a bind weeks before midterms

This post was originally published on Politico.

Battleground Republicans across the country are on defense as ICE operations keep finding their way into local headlines.

A flurry of ICE activity in four rural Kansas towns this week prompted businesses to shutter and public schools to urge families to identify who could pick up children from schools in case their parents were detained. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) — a normally staunch MAGA defender who finds himself in a tougher-than-expected election — took to social media to say he was “closely following” the situation, signaled his displeasure that ICE wasn’t working more closely with local law enforcement, and said he