What Sarah Longwell has said about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 23, 2026

Sarah Longwell, Bulwark publisher who runs focus groups, has been quoted on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 2 times in 1 episode of The Ezra Klein Show, most recently on October 23, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Longwell says most Trump voters want dangerous criminals deported but long-settled taxpaying immigrants left alone.
“But the person who's paying taxes and has been here for 25 years who lives down the street, like leave that guy alone”
The Ezra Klein Show: What Hundreds of Focus Groups With Trump Voters Revealed (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 47:40
Longwell says Americans who demand immigrants come 'the right way' have little idea how difficult the legal immigration process is.
“they assume that there is some easy process by which one can become a naturalized citizen. They have no idea what it looks like, though”
The Ezra Klein Show: What Hundreds of Focus Groups With Trump Voters Revealed (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 48:10

What Hundreds of Focus Groups With Trump Voters Revealed
The Ezra Klein Show · Oct 23, 2026 · 1 h 8 min
Ezra Klein and Sarah Longwell draw on hundreds of focus groups to explain why Trump voters are souring on his second term and what Democrats might do.