There’s an open question hanging over both parties when it comes to Latino voters right now: How should they talk about the second Trump administration’s ongoing campaign of mass deportations?

Setting aside the moral and humanitarian issues, this is an important, and curious, political debate. On the Democratic side, that’s over how to frame Trump’s operations: as overreach and excessive — of going beyond what he promised to his recent converts and targeting longtime, law-abiding residents and sweeping up citizens through racial profiling — or to focus on other issues, like the economy.

On the Republican side, it’s over whether to continue down the current path or pull back from excessive shows of force, the elimination of special migrant protections, and an all-encompassing approach.

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