Many Democratic Party voters favor stronger border security and immigration reform. Will Biden listen?
The negotiations on Ukraine funding and stricter border protections have exposed a growing rift between President Biden and his own party. Republican hard-liners have demanded a bill that mirrors policies advanced during the Trump administration, especially ones related to asylum seekers, increased border security and the mandate that companies institute the E-Verify employment eligibility system.
Democrats such as Representative Pramila Jayapal called the proposals “cruel, inhumane and unworkable,” but Republicans believe they have found solid ground with voters. Recent polling suggests the Republicans are right. A CBS News/YouGov poll released on Sunday found that 68 percent of Americans disapprove of Mr. Biden’s handling of border security.
There are many, both inside and outside his party, who believe that by agreeing to the Republican deal, Mr. Biden would be surrendering too much moral high ground and any future policy leverage. But in fact, this is a chance for him to make meaningful border-security policy changes and redefine his party as the home of an aspirational multiethnic, working-class coalition.
Securing the borders of a sovereign state isn’t racism — it’s among the first responsibilities of government. And many voters, including Democrats, are demanding that the Biden administration do a better job with that responsibility. A recent Fox News poll showed that fully 22 percent of Democrats favor Republican candidates on border security.
I find it interesting that Western Europe has turned ship seeing the political winds that’s been forming on illegal migration, but the current US administration has been driving forward at full speed on more illegal immigration.
The numbers to are just ridiculous what 8 million poor non English speakers? How does that help the social safety net. The strangest thing for me is to take a chance to lose a national election on such a ridiculous thing, not lower heath-care costs, better infrastructure but lose a national election on more illegals to burden the taxpayers, hospitals, and school system.
Even Charlemagne the God is saying everyone he interviews is complaining about it and saying the numbers are to much to fast.
Today, many Democratic politicians are willing to accept high levels of undocumented immigration and oppose enforcement measures that the party once favored. Some Democrats, especially on the left, argue that the government doesn’t even have the power to reduce migration much.
Than it goes on to say
The first thing to know is that views on immigration aren’t static. During Trump’s presidency, Americans became more favorable to immigration, evidently in reaction to Trump’s opposition to it. Consider this: By the end of his presidency, the number of Americans who favored increasing immigration exceeded the number who favored decreasing it for the first time in six decades of Gallup polling.
Funny that…it was opposition to Trump and MAGA is very reason why they support mass illegal migration.
Notice how after immigration has become a liability they’re some that’s back tracking…some.
Biden is still doing exactly what democrats want. Biden is the democrats, and democrats is Biden. They’re one and the same.
And even than it’s only very moderate in democrat party that’s changing there minds. Radicals think they’re haven’t been enough migration. That means 90 percent of forum libs think that way.
I THINK their compassion is being taken advantage of by their party. The party knows they can capitalize with future voters, so they play the compassion card to glaze over the doe eyed base’s eyes. But that’s just what I think of the ones not acting nefariously.
That doesn’t mean much. There isn’t a congressman of any party that agrees with me on everything. Should a rural Democrat move to a city so their congressman “represents “ them?
I said many, not most. The poll says that 22 percent of Democrats not only disagree with Biden’s handling of the border, they actually “favor Republican candidates on border security.”
Only 6.6 percent of Democratic congresspeople voted with repugs to denounce the president. You’re making it sound like only 6.6 percent support stronger border security. That’s not true.