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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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
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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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But isn’t what GOP currently doing like really shooting themselves in the feet? I fail to see how handing moral high ground to opponents help to make the debate easier for restrictionists.
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I think ultimately, structural change (demographic change) will drive more people into the Trumpist camp. Which is why I think the moral outrage on the left probably won't work long run
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