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>Republicans were almost on board but it never got over the hump for whatever reason. The "whatever reason" you're grasping at is the latent racism of the Repu
by naravara 10y ago
>Republicans were almost on board but it never got over the hump for whatever reason.
The "whatever reason" you're grasping at is the latent racism of the Republican base. As much as you want to believe the focus is on "illegal" immigration the Republican base understands this as a coded dog whistle for not liking Brown people.
It's not about a marketplace of ideas, it's about signaling which tribe you align with. The marketplace of ideas happens in the policy world, not the political world.
- davidw 10y agoThat's part of it, but there are also "the law is the law" kinds of people, who perhaps don't realize how much more difficult it is for someone to move to the US now than it was for their ancestors. I have no idea as to the percentages of both. There are also a lot of people who are victims of zero sum thinking and the lump of labor fallacy.
- thescribe 10y agoGiven the rise of automation, it should be far harder to migrate. Situations change, why shouldn't our immigration policy?