Bernie Sanders, in 2015, responded with palpable disgust when @EzraKlein suggested the US had a moral obligation to adopt open borders. Bernie denounced that as a corporatist Koch plot to flood the country with cheap labor & harm American workers by lowering wages.pic.twitter.com/HtQ9q6Wr5e
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Right, two things happened, (a) the right wing framed the issue in explicitly racist terms (and also enitrely dropped support for a guest visa program, and (b) research came out showing immigration restrictions don't increase employment or domestic wages.
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It's also worth noting that folks like Tucker use the term 'open borders' interchangeably with 'no borders' to suggest that we love undocumented immigration.
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damn, Glenn got really quiet suddenly
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Probably conversing with Lee Atwater’s spirit.
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@ggreenwald has perfected the art of calling out the true existence of hypocrisy of Democratic Party with all of the wrong examples.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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