​'Negative impact on my party': Swing-state Republicans worry Trump's plan will 'backfire'

Republicans in one swing state are worried Donald Trump's efforts in their area will "backfire," according to a new report.

This weekend, Politico published a report called ‘Is the price of doing this worth it?’: North Carolina Republicans worry about Trump immigration raids, in which the outlet reports that, "The concerns surrounding Trump’s immigration clampdown in the Tar Heel state speak to a tension at the center of the president’s immigration agenda."

"Some North Carolina Republicans are worried President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown in the battleground state could backfire," according to the outlet. "The Trump administration has touted its North Carolina surge as a successful operation targeting the 'worst of the worst' criminals, but some Republicans in the state — which will feature one of the most expensive and hotly contested Senate races next year — fear that message is not breaking through with voters."

Until now, the strategy has focused on blue states, according to the report.

"The White House has largely focused its immigration sweeps on blue states that Trump officials have decried as sanctuaries for unauthorized immigrants," the article states. "But the move to expand immigration arrests into North Carolina, mostly in the Charlotte area, offered the first test for whether the White House’s strategy can hold up in a purple state."

The article quotes former Republican Gov. Pat McCrory as saying, "Republicans had the upper hand on immigration, as long as they were going after the criminals and the gangs, but I think they’re losing the upper hand on that issue because of the apparent disjointed implementation of arrest."

"From a PR and political standpoint, for the first time, immigration is maybe having a negative impact on my party," the lawmaker noted. "If I were the administration, I would be really emphasizing who they’ve arrested and the negative impact they’ve had on the community, but we’re not hearing that.”

Read the full piece right here.