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.
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 don’t agree with that 100%, you’re automatically a “racist”.
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.
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 don’t agree with that 100%, you’re automatically a “racist”.
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.