Dreamers. JVL and/or Tim were asking about what should be the hill that Democrats are willing to die on.
It should be Dreamers. I honestly haven't followed Democratic policy on immigration very closely, but I am under the impression that until they needed funds for Ukraine, that Republican refusal to compromise on a path to citizenship fo…
Dreamers. JVL and/or Tim were asking about what should be the hill that Democrats are willing to die on.
It should be Dreamers. I honestly haven't followed Democratic policy on immigration very closely, but I am under the impression that until they needed funds for Ukraine, that Republican refusal to compromise on a path to citizenship for Dreamers was key to killing any compromise on the border.
Well now, Dreamers should be the rallying cry for Democrats. They are already vetted as law abiding, to the extreme. They have never broken any immigration laws, being under the age of majority when they were brought or sent to the U.S. by the adults in their lives. Democrats could press home every single time that it's Republicans who refused to compromise on bills by refusing to give these young adults legal status and a path to citizenship. Democrats should press home every time that the U.S. has invested money and resources educating these kids, that these kids are steeped in American culture, that these young adults have already shown that they are integrated- educated, English speaking, integrated, culturally similar, this is the holy grail of the ideal immigrant, that the growth fuels GDP crowd is always saying that we need.
I want Dreamers to be the face of the Democratic immigration argument, and the one thing they won't compromise on.
Dreamers. JVL and/or Tim were asking about what should be the hill that Democrats are willing to die on.
It should be Dreamers. I honestly haven't followed Democratic policy on immigration very closely, but I am under the impression that until they needed funds for Ukraine, that Republican refusal to compromise on a path to citizenship for Dreamers was key to killing any compromise on the border.
Well now, Dreamers should be the rallying cry for Democrats. They are already vetted as law abiding, to the extreme. They have never broken any immigration laws, being under the age of majority when they were brought or sent to the U.S. by the adults in their lives. Democrats could press home every single time that it's Republicans who refused to compromise on bills by refusing to give these young adults legal status and a path to citizenship. Democrats should press home every time that the U.S. has invested money and resources educating these kids, that these kids are steeped in American culture, that these young adults have already shown that they are integrated- educated, English speaking, integrated, culturally similar, this is the holy grail of the ideal immigrant, that the growth fuels GDP crowd is always saying that we need.
I want Dreamers to be the face of the Democratic immigration argument, and the one thing they won't compromise on.