They've done this before with the LGBT issue and it's been extremely successful so it's not surprising that it's being attempted with immigration
The Graham Durbin bill would have been the largest amnesty in the country's history as far as I recall. I asked you what restrictionist measures the Dems are willing to sign onto, to cite this as an example is absurd
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As big as Reagan's? I mean...you asked me to name a restrictionist measure, you didn't put any other requirement on it other than that. But now I see the bar keeps rising.
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Graham Durbin got a majority of Senate votes. Trump supported it until Miller got to him and convinced him otherwise. With Trump's support it would prob have passed the House. Seems like one of the bills that could pass, so idk why it would be viewed as a leftist plot.
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I don't see how it can be called restrictionist by any stretch of the term, though. It was just an amnesty. We know that the GOP Senate is not representative of the GOP base when it comes to views on immigration
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It includes restrictionist measures. If you mean what restrictionist reforms Dems would accept for absolutely nothing in return, then perhaps nothing. But that's a different question
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But I don't see any reason Dems should accede to what the GOP base wants if they're not getting anything they want back
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Agreed, why should they? I wouldn't if I were them.
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But back to your first question, of whether Dems will "entertain" restrictionist measures (I assumed you meant in exchange for things Dems and many Rs want, like amnesty and path to citizenship for Dreamers), it seems like answer is yes
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