29 vul­ner­a­ble Dems vote with Repub­li­cans on bill crack­ing down on ille­gal immi­grants

29 vulnerable Dems vote with Republicans on bill cracking down on illegal immigrants

Near­ly 30 vul­ner­a­ble House Democ­rats vot­ed for a bill Wednes­day to deport ille­gal immi­grants who com­mit sex crimes, sig­nal­ing a shift in the par­ty’s focus on the migrant cri­sis as the Novem­ber elec­tions draw near.The Repub­li­can-led bill passed 266 to 158, with 51 Democ­rats vot­ing with GOP lawmakers.Democratic crit­ics of the bill have accused it of unfair­ly tar­get­ing ille­gal immi­grants and “weaponiz­ing” the issue of domes­tic vio­lence. In total, 158 Democ­rats vot­ed against the bill.But out of the 31 left-wing law­mak­ers run­ning for re-elec­tion in com­pet­i­tive seats, accord­ing to the non­par­ti­san Cook Pol …