All Dems had to do to do very well in the mid-terms was tilt slightly center on social issues and immigration. Instead they appear to think going full socialist + open borders is the answer? It seems deranged
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Yes my point is the policy positions they are taking on immigration are out of step with Democratic voters, let alone independents
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Sanders is a no. Surely Biden would be a no. Pelosi and Schumer are nos. The vast majority of Americans 1) like immigrants 2) don't want to decrease legal imm 3) want a path for those here 4) don't want open borders 5) oppose cruelty at the border 6) want less illegal imm
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On the issue of what to do with asylum applicants from Central America while their asylum application is being processed, Trump's EO is supported by a much larger %age than the Dem supported position of not detaining families at all
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Iirc the option on that was pure catch and release. I would guess catch and monitor (e.g. Ankle bracelet) would beat catch and detain. But also the opposition to catch and separate (the earlier Trump policy) was so strident I bet it cost Trump more than his new policy can regain
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Do you earnestly think that a poll would show Americans favor, e.g. Trump on immigration over Obama on immigration?
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It depends on how strongly people feel about the various subheaders that fall under the label of immigration. I personally think people are more strongly opoosed to policies that incentivize illegal immigration than cuts to legal immigration
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Since illegal immigration is now relatively low and the people in the areas who receive the most of it are least against it, I doubt the opposition is that entrenched or really fundamentally about policy. Besides polls keep turning more pro-imm under Trump
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Rs would do well to find a compromise w Ds imho but their base is implacable so they seem paralyzed
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