And therefore you can *imagine* counter-offer from Democrats. Like: "We do this but we just change skills mix rather than cutting legal rates." Or: "We do this but we do more E-Verify instead of cutting rates." Or: "We do this but we want a bigger amnesty up-front." Or something.
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Maybe/probably no deal would come of this. (Among other things, resistance from the right to the Trump offer is real.) But on paper you can see how it might work ... *if* you understand what restrictionists fear, and what they're conceding with this offer.
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Which I don't think
@dandrezner and many other smart people on the center-left quite get, which again is part of why the deal probably can't happen.5 replies 1 retweet 11 likesShow this thread -
As a coda my own view is that recent trends in illegal immigration have made it less likely that we'll see a replay of the '86 amnesty's aftermath, which makes me more sympathetic to an upfront amnesty in exchange for a revamped system than I would have been 5-7 years ago.
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Which in turn is why, though he's more of an immigration optimist than I am overall, I agree with this
@lymanstoneky take on how you could get to a reasonable deal from the WH's offer:https://thefederalist.com/2018/01/31/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-in-trumps-immigration-proposal/ …4 replies 2 retweets 12 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @DouthatNYT @lymanstoneky
Ross, how different would your personal feelings on immigration be if Latinos were all Pentecostals or Lutherans instead of Catholics?
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(the majority of immigrants right now are not Latinos)
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It’s a question for Ross not you; but I assume you saw the Yale study on illegal aliens published recently?
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Replying to @QuasLacrimas @DouthatNYT
not sure. link? but note that most immigrants come here legally now.
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(and note that as a Lutheran I'd be very happy to have an inundation of Lutheran immigrants! but even if their Hindus or pastafarians, I'm fine with that)
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as a Lutheran I’ll bet you’d be happy to have Somalis or Hmong who want nothing to do with Christ, this is irrelevant to what I asked Ross
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