{"id":15440,"date":"2025-07-14T17:36:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T00:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15440"},"modified":"2025-07-14T17:47:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T00:47:20","slug":"repub-indie-support-for-immigrants-skyrockets-amid-trumps-crackdown-bradcast-7142025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15440","title":{"rendered":"Repub, Indie Support for Immigrants Skyrockets Amid Trump&#8217;s Crackdown: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 7\/14\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_TrumpAlligatorAlcatraz_071425.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">Today on <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>The BradCast<\/i><\/a>: As it turns out, Americans who voted for Trump because they supported his promise of mass deportation and detention of &#8220;the worst of the worst&#8221;, don&#8217;t like what that actually looks like now that it is happening &#8212; especially now that they see that those being rounded up are usually anything but the &#8220;worst of the worst&#8221;. They are often people they live and work with. And, in more and more cases, actually U.S. citizens. [<i>Audio link to full show follows below this summary.<\/i>]\n<p>Among today&#8217;s coverage&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/692522\/surge-concern-immigration-abated.aspx\">New polling from Gallup<\/a> finds support for <b>immigration<\/b> skyrocketing to a near 25-year high, with almost 80% of Americans now seeing it as a &#8220;good thing&#8221; for the country. That&#8217;s a 15-point increase in support from from just one year ago, when anti-immigrant sentiment helped put <b>Donald Trump<\/b> back in office with a vote by a minority of Americans. Just 2 in 10 Americans now see immigration as a bad thing, down 32% since last year. The changes in outlook are almost entirely due to shifting support from Republicans and independent voters whose views have changed along with the violent, indiscriminate ICE round-up tactics by the Administration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Tossing <b>U.S. citizen children into detention lock-up<\/b> for weeks at a time &#8212; in violation of federal policy &#8212; probably doesn&#8217;t help either. That includes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2025\/07\/11\/portland-family-detained-immigration-kenia-merlos>most recently<\/a>, a Portland, <b>Oregon<\/b> mother with her three 9-year old triplets and 7-year old son after visting a state park near the Canadian border. The father was later rounded up and detained at a separate facility without contact with the mother.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>It likely also doesn&#8217;t help that Catholic church leaders from <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/immigration-enforcement-fears-catholics-california-mass-4561f5e2cb9795dad642b3223c807b2d\"><b>California<\/b><\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/latino\/miami-archbishop-slams-alligator-alcatraz-detention-site-rcna218245\"><b>Florida<\/b><\/a> are now condemning the Trump Administration tactics and standing with their terrified immigrant communities. Ya know, like Jesus would.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>All of that comes on the heels of a U.S. District Court in <b>Southern California<\/b> on Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/11\/federal-judge-blocks-roving-immigration-arrests-amid-los-angeles-crackdown-00449914\">issuing a ruling<\/a> meant to block the &#8220;roving patrols&#8221; being carried out by ICE, with arrests often based on little more than physical appearance, the language that targets speak, or the jobs they hold (at car-washes, farms and day laborers in Home Depot parking lots). Targeting suspected unlawful migrants without &#8220;reasonable suspicion&#8221; must temporarily stop in seven counties in and around <b>Los Angeles<\/b>, the judge ruled. The White House, of course, condemned the ruling and, naturally, has vowed to to appeal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then, we open up the phones to <b>callers<\/b> with some good thoughts and excellent questions about all of that; about the Trump Administration&#8217;s about-face on releasing<b> &#8220;The Epstein Files&#8221;<\/b>; and more&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/Images\/Speaker_Icon_24.png\" style=\"width: 24px; float: none; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;\"> <b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman-ImmigrationSupportSkyrockets-JudgeBlocksSoCalCrackDown_CallersRingIn_071425.mp3\">CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW!&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pandora.com\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/PC:1000025838\">Pandora<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/256-the-bradcast-w-brad-friedm-30973643\/\">iHeart<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-BradCast-w-Brad-Friedman\/dp\/B08JJRN86R\/ref=sr_1_1\">Amazon<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-START--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f0e0; 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