Immigration, abortion issues roil Congress special election in Nassau

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

80% : The ad features a clip of Suozzi speaking to Fox News in July 2018 and asserting: "I support ICE and I think that they have an important job to do in this country securing our border, making sure people don't overstay," Suozzi says.
63% : Suozzi has said he would support codification of Roe v. Wade, and his campaign has touted his endorsement by Planned Parenthood.
62% : Suozzi launched two television ads over the past week responding to commercials sponsored by national Republican groups questioning his support for ICE.
62% : "ICE and Nassau Police officials, after a meeting coordinated by then-Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford), agreed to move forward, with Mulvey asking ICE to work with him directly on any future operations, according to a Newsday report.
53% : A Suozzi campaign ad released last Wednesday notes his vote as a House member for increased funding for ICE.
53% : He also voted for the Ensuring Access to Abortion Act that passed the then-Democratic majority House in 2022.
50% : Suozzi is pushing back with commercials touting his House votes in 2018 in favor of increased funding for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE), which enforces immigration laws.
50% : An Emerson College Polling/Pix11 poll released Jan. 18 found immigration ranked as the top concern among voters in the 3rd District: 26% of voters said immigration was the most important issue to them in the special election, compared with 22% who cited economy and 4% who cited abortion access.
49% : Also, he said, "Abortion has coursed through every special election across the country ...
45% : Suozzi, who served two terms as county executive, from 2002 to 2009, said in a news conference in Queens Village on Thursday: "In 2007, ICE came to Nassau County with 96 warrants and they refused to coordinate with the Nassau County Police Department and it turns out that 90 of the 96 warrants had the wrong address and they broke down the doors and went into peoples' houses that had nothing to do with the warrants they are trying to execute.
43% : John Clark, deputy assistant secretary for ICE, told Newsday in a statement in October 2007: "We're not of the opinion that anything was done wrong.
32% : Suozzi recounted in the debate how as "county executive of Nassau County I kicked ICE out of Nassau County.
30% : Suozzi's and Pilip's effort to define their stances on abortion and immigration in the Feb. 13 election come as Democrats take aim at former President Donald Trump for appointing conservative justices to the U.S. Supreme Court who voted to overturn federal abortion protections, and as Republicans blame Democratic President Joe Biden for the influx of migrants at the U.S. Southern border.

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