ICE ENFORCEMENT SURGE FUELS POLITICAL OVERSTEER — BOTH PARTIES 'LOST THEIR MINDS' ON IMMIGRATION

Stirewalt’s column links long-term partisan overreactions on immigration to the current spike in ICE enforcement operations: the opinion frames political overinterpretation as amplifying enforcement tactics (courthouse arrests, deportations and detention expansion) and calls for a return to pragmatic, bipartisan solutions. Insights indicate the enforcement surge is a corroborated trend, warranting follow-up reporting.