Arkansas Democrat Hallie Shoffner Reverses ICE Defunding Stance as Tom Cotton Presses 3rd-Term Race
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 3
Arkansas Democrat Hallie Shoffner Reverses ICE Defunding Stance as Tom Cotton Presses 3rd-Term Race
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 3
Summary
Hallie Shoffner, Arkansas Democrats’ Senate nominee, said this week she wants to “reform” ICE, retreating from her June statement that she would “not spend one more dime” on the agency.
Tom Cotton’s campaign turned those June remarks into attack ads, using immigration to pressure the first-time candidate in a race where the Republican senator is seeking a third term.
Shoffner had told a Springdale event she would vote to defund ICE “as it exists right now,” arguing the agency no longer serves its original purpose and has an outsized budget.
The reversal lands in a state that has not elected a Democratic senator since 2010, leaving Shoffner without clear establishment backing as she tries to unseat Cotton in November.