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Endorsing Cornyn Jeopardizes Trump’s Legacy On Immigration

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05.03.2026

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Endorsing Cornyn Jeopardizes Trump’s Legacy On Immigration

At the 2024 Republican National Convention, attendees held signs reading ‘Mass Deportations.’ Trump campaigned and won on that promise, which is why the current Texas Senate runoff is so important.

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Immigration was a top issue for 70 percent of voters in the 2016 presidential election, including 79 percent of Trump supporters, according to Pew Research. Immigration was once again top of the ticket in the 2024 election, with a June Pew Research poll finding 63 percent of Republican voters favored a “national effort to deport all immigrants living in the country illegally.

At the 2024 Republican National Convention, attendees held signs reading “Mass Deportations.”

President Donald Trump campaigned and won on that promise. Which is why the current Texas Senate runoff is so important in Trump’s fulfillment of that campaign promise.

Incumbent John Cornyn is headed to a runoff against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt. But a look back on Cornyn’s record on immigration puts him at odds with what the MAGA base wants.

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