民主党全国委员会周六在德州奥斯汀召开夏季会议，就美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）的未来走向进行投票，最终通过了两份相互矛盾的措施[1]。其中一份要求对ICE进行"具体改革"，另一份则要求直接废除该机构[1]。这次投票虽然不具约束力，也不必然反映党的最终平台立场，但充分反映了民主党内部在这一重大议题上的深刻分歧。
DNC主席肯·马丁表示，"无论民主党人对改革还是废除或其他改变方式的立场如何，他们都相信ICE现在正在做的事情应该停止"[1]。路易斯安那州DNC成员米歇尔·约翰逊则直言党内存在沟通问题，认为"人们不信任该党的原因之一是我们听起来太学术性了"[1]。投票中反对该措施的成员伊冯娜·里维斯-钟指出，这类立场只会获得党基地的一部分支持，同时会引起另一群选民的"反感"[1]。
这次分歧反映出民主党在中期选举前对特朗普政府移民政策的强烈反对。根据AP-NORC民调，仅39%的美国成年人赞成特朗普在移民问题上的表现，较其第二任期初期的49%有所下降[1]。此外，7月ICE在三起事件中造成三人死亡[1]，这成为民主党内部激烈讨论的背景因素。
The Democratic National Committee held its summer meeting in Austin, Texas on Saturday and voted on whether to abolish or reform the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, ultimately passing two conflicting resolutions [1]. The competing measures—one calling for "concrete reforms" to ICE and another demanding the agency's abolition—reflected deep divisions within the party [1].
DNC Chair Ken Martin sought to bridge the disagreement, stating that "regardless of whether Democrats' position is on reform or abolition or some other way of changing things, they believe what ICE is doing right now should stop" [1]. However, party members remained at odds over strategy. Michele Johnson, a DNC member from Louisiana, argued that the party's academic tone contributed to public distrust, while Yvonne Reeves-Chong warned that the measure would alienate swing voters even as it energized the party base [1].
The vote underscored Democratic opposition to the Trump administration's immigration policies, though it left the party's official platform stance uncertain since the nonbinding resolutions carried no guarantee of influencing the party platform [1]. The discord comes as public support for Trump's immigration record has declined, with an AP-NORC poll showing only 39 percent of American adults approve of his handling of immigration, down from 49 percent earlier in his second term [1].