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(I'll preface this by noting that I'm Canadian and will never vote in an American election) One of the reasons that immigration and green cards has always been
by honkdaddy 4y ago
(I'll preface this by noting that I'm Canadian and will never vote in an American election)
One of the reasons that immigration and green cards has always been such a hot-button political issue in the US is that first and second generation immigrants tend to overwhelmingly vote Democrat. You end up with this awkward feedback loop where D's are objectively politically motivated to increase immigration, while for R's it's the opposite. Perhaps I'm oversimplifying, that's just how it was explained to me once.
- bergenty 4y agoIt’s because legal immigrants are overwhelmingly well educated so they vote like the average well educated American does. It also doesn’t help that the current GOP is more or less openly racist so a vote for them goes against basic self preservation.
- mbg721 4y agoSaying "Republicans are just uneducated racists, so immigrants don't like them" may be convenient, but it's an oversimplification at best. It doesn't explain voter dynamics in Florida, for instance.
- bergenty 4y agoThat’s not what I said at all if you read my comment. I said immigrants, who are educated, vote like the rest of the educated do. I also said because the GOP has racist policies, it’s actively hostile to immigrants. Your oversimplification is a straw man.
- kyawzazaw 4y agoIt does explain some, no? How much of the Cuban immigrants that vote republican immigrated with visas like H-1B (employer sponsored)?
- honkdaddy 4y agoRight, but you should be able to see that the “why” doesn’t really make any difference here, the effect is still the same. D’s remain motivated to keep immigration high, R’s remain motivated to bring it down.