What's happening here is that the Democrats are determined to upgrade the immigration debate from a policy one to a moral/religious one. What that means is, they are refusing to concede the moral legitimacy of the other side of the debate
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But immigration is a much more existential issue than the bourgeois niche issue of gay marriage, particularly to the middle and working class who has to deal with its consequences every time immigration destroys their children's schools or their neighborhood
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So my guess is this will fail dramatically, despite short term successes with this family separation issue.
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