The Republican position is coherent,but racist. The Democrats need a forceful pro-immigration rebuttal to defeat itAlthough the US Senate is holding a debate on immigration policy, the Republican leadership has already settled on an extreme position that will considerably reduce all immigration to the United States.
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said the debate will end this week and indicated that the Secure and Succeed Act, and proposed by senators Chuck Grassley and Tom Cotton but voted down by the Senate on Thursday 39-60,was the only bill that could pass the House and be signed by the president. Senator Cotton said on Tuesday that it was a non-negotiable “best and final offer. In the face of this recalcitrance, the Democrats must rethink their current incoherent immigration policy and argue robustly for more open borders. Related: Dreamers deadlock: Congress at impasse as pressure mounts to act Future generations may look back on our era and see the people violently manning the gates as the genuine barbarians Related: Trump refuses to yield on immigration, or causing more division on Capitol Hill Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com