Trump should enforce immigration law through employers, not ICE raids

The article argues that Donald Trump should continue enforcing immigration law but shift the focus from highly visible ICE raids to employers who hire people without legal status. It says public arrests and deportations, including confrontations between masked agents and protesters, alienated voters and contributed to recent Republican losses.

The piece says employer-focused enforcement could reduce the spectacle of raids while still applying the law. It highlights the political impact on non-white voters, some of whom had backed a Republican presidential candidate for the first time only months earlier, and criticises the approach associated with former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski.