President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs with (from left) Sen. Rick Scott (R., Fla.), Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R., Wyo.), and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R., S.D.) after meeting with Republican senators at the U.S. Capitol, June 24, 2026.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
They should endeavor to set an immigration policy that lasts.
In an essay for August’s issue of the magazine, Yuval Levin argues that the Trump administration and the Republican-controlled Congress are at risk of significant losses in November’s midterm elections not because the president “is uniquely unpopular, or even because its prospects in the midterms are unusually grave,” but because Republicans in Washington are “adrift” when it comes to policy. While the administration has been aggressive in advancing the president’s signature policies, the GOP’s narrow congressional majorities, Levin observes, have been far less effective in codifying those executive actions into legislation.
I disagree with the idea that Trump’s use of executive ...
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