Better idea: fix the fucking immigration process. You would be surprised how many "closed border" Republicans, when pressed, will ask for a system that is more progressive than our current one. You would be surprised how closely those votes align with "open border" Democrats. Politicians have made a wedge issue out of something that has no wedge in the public.
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So, you're demanding a positive change instead of the border crackdowns that Harris and Trump have vowed to carry out?
First past the post sure is fun.
Isn't that what the bipartisan bill that Trump killed was intended to do?
From what I know it included more money for detention beds, immigration judges+staff, asylum officers, lawyers for unaccompanied minors, and border cities, plus expedited work permits for folks already in the system, allowance for asylum officers to close out a claim rather than going through immigration courts, 250,000 new work visas, work authorization to the children and spouses of people who have H-1B visas, and also work eligibility for immigrants awaiting visas if they have a U.S. citizen spouse or fiancé or if their parent is the spouse or fiancé of a U.S. citizen, as well as workers who have claimed asylum but who have not yet had a hearing.
I'm all for cracking down on illegal immigration but at the same time we need to speed up legal immigration.
That's what the bipartisan border bill tried to do. Trump killed it.
Agreed. I see what my wife's going through with INS and it's a damned nightmare of red tape. Slow red tape.