There's a middle ground between being "anti-immigration" and signalling stronger enforcement of border crossings. I'm pretty confident that a sizable share of immigration-senstitive voters would reward a political leader who could clearly articulate that they recognize the difference.
The other thing is that there is a segment of progressives who wants no immigration enforcement at all or complete open borders. If you donтАЩt agree with that 100%, youтАЩre automatically a тАЬracistтАЭ.
Must like many other right-wing straw men, I'm sure these kinds of people exist and are incredibly obnoxious and also incredibly online, but this is not a large or even viable constituency in the party. To put it in context, literal Nazi sympathizers and self-identified Nazis are a larger and more influential constituency in the Republican party than these far-left college activists are in Democratic politics.
I know people who are in the zero enforcement camp, and not just online. (Some of my acquaintances regularly go to rallies and vigils outside a Boston jail where migrants are detained.) But I agree that outside of the progressive / leftist bubble they carry very little weight.
She and Biden had me convinced they, like Obama and Hillary, were more than willing to throw human rights out with the bathwater when it comes to pandering to xenophobia on border issues. Better than Trump, but no wonder so many Latinos are disillusioned with Dems and registering independent.
If you support 3 year olds representing themselves in immigration proceedings, as was official policy defended in court by the Obama administration, youтАЩll be the first Hispanic Democrat IтАЩve talked to who did.
Your position on immigration is clear, but do you think Harris will convince anyone that she's suddenly anti-immigration?
There's a middle ground between being "anti-immigration" and signalling stronger enforcement of border crossings. I'm pretty confident that a sizable share of immigration-senstitive voters would reward a political leader who could clearly articulate that they recognize the difference.
The other thing is that there is a segment of progressives who wants no immigration enforcement at all or complete open borders. If you donтАЩt agree with that 100%, youтАЩre automatically a тАЬracistтАЭ.
That segment can be marginalized, just like the "defund the police" folks can be. So that's largely a non-issue.
Fair point.
Must like many other right-wing straw men, I'm sure these kinds of people exist and are incredibly obnoxious and also incredibly online, but this is not a large or even viable constituency in the party. To put it in context, literal Nazi sympathizers and self-identified Nazis are a larger and more influential constituency in the Republican party than these far-left college activists are in Democratic politics.
I know people who are in the zero enforcement camp, and not just online. (Some of my acquaintances regularly go to rallies and vigils outside a Boston jail where migrants are detained.) But I agree that outside of the progressive / leftist bubble they carry very little weight.
She and Biden had me convinced they, like Obama and Hillary, were more than willing to throw human rights out with the bathwater when it comes to pandering to xenophobia on border issues. Better than Trump, but no wonder so many Latinos are disillusioned with Dems and registering independent.
IтАЩm half-Hispanic. Not all Hispanics support illegal immigration.
If you support 3 year olds representing themselves in immigration proceedings, as was official policy defended in court by the Obama administration, youтАЩll be the first Hispanic Democrat IтАЩve talked to who did.