Talking Illegal Immigration on the Democrat Side
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On Saturday, we chatted with liberal syndicated columnist Froma Harrop on Meet the New Press radio. Last week, she wrote an excellent op-ed about the subject of illegal immigration and its impact on the Democrat side of the ledger. In it, she correctly observes that it had received scant attention by them up to the debate where Hillary seemed breathtakingly unprepared to answer pointed questions about the topic:
Democrats had better start dealing with this. Polls show a large majority of Americans, including Democrats, opposed to illegal immigration. They also find that most Americans favor some sort of amnesty for many illegals. Clinton apparently tried to finesse the two, while ignoring what's behind the numbers..What many Democrats (and Republicans) don't "get" is that the support for amnesty is highly conditional. It rests on trust that any official pardon will be the last one. The "grand bargain" on immigration went down in flames last spring because no one believed the sales pitch — that with the amnesty would come a stop to future illegal immigration..When will people know that their politicians mean business? When they hear them say "no."
This topic is one that crosses party lines in watercooler/ lunchroom conversations all across blue-collar (heck, it crosses into white-collar, too) America. Click here to listen to the discussion, or use the handy player below. When reading Ms. Harrop's work, I find myself often at odds with her viewpoints, but on illegal immigration, we march lockstep...
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