Article snippet: Red-state Democrats are touting their border security bona fides as MORE hammers the issue in the final week of the midterm election. Democrats — hoping to eke out wins in states where Trump triumphed in 2016—have focused on their ability to work with the administration on the border, even as the president and their GOP opponents try to paint them as obstructionists on immigration. Immigration has emerged as an explosive, and deeply divisive, issue in the Trump era. The president is barnstorming key Senate states this week, accusing Democrats of supporting “open borders, socialism, and crime.” And he released an ad that appeared to link Democrats to criminal migrants. Seventy eight percent of registered voters say immigration will be extremely or very important to them as they determine who to vote for in the midterms, according to a Gallup Poll released Friday, including 84 percent of GOP or Republican leaning voters and 74 percent of Democrats or voters who lean toward the party. And several Democrats locked in close Senate races that will make or break who controls the chamber next year have talked up their support for Trump as they try to appeal to moderate and crossover Trump voters they desperately need to attract to win reelection. Sen. MORE (D-Mo.) aligned herself with Trump on border security this week, telling Fox News that she “100 percent supports” Trump on preventing a migrant caravan from entering the United States. “The impression he's giving Misso... Link to the full article to read more