Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein Just like that, the terrain on immigration has shifted – in a direction that President Donald Trump and the Republican Party are happy to welcome. Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump was forced to reverse course on the administration's family separation policy, after being confronted with harrowing images and a public outcry. Last week, House Republicans again failed to pass any immigration reform bills – with the president continuing to contradict himself even through the weekend on whether he wanted one to pass at all. Now, a new issue has burst into the progressive bloodstream, as nationwide immigration protests spread. The new issue has an easy slogan, but one that has the potential to play right into Trump's argument that the alternative to his policies are "open borders." Just a week ago, #AbolishICE was little more than an obscure activist hashtag and something that was yelled at the Homeland Security secretary in a Mexican restaurant. That is, until last Tuesday. After the surprise upset of a veteran New York Democratic congressman by a 28-year-old first-time candidate, it is fast becoming a test of progressive credentials, with incumbent members of Congress and potential 2020ers signing on. Trump and the GOP are pouncing, and some Democrats are pushing back. "We are always going to need immigration enforcement," Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., told Martha Raddatz on ABC's "This Week. "We are a major country with majo... Link to the full article to read more