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Bernie's immigration plan
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fridiBernie Sanders wants to revamp trade deals, labor protections as part of sweeping immigration plan
And, while I would take any article on a Democrat presidential candidate published by Fox News with a huge (truckload) grain of salt,
Sanders' immigration plan: Halt deportations, abolish ICE, welcome 50K 'climate migrants,' give welfare to all
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I like most of Sanders's plan, but these 3 items are going to be problems for him. The first 2 are just issues of messaging, but Democrats are notoriously incompetent with messaging.
Conservatives make decriminalization sound like legalization. Sanders doesn't want to legalize illegal immigration. He wants to make it a civil offense rather than a criminal offense.
Conservatives make it sound like the Democrats want to stop enforcing immigration and customs laws altogether. Sanders doesn't want to just abolish ICE and CBP. He wants to restructure them outside of DHS.
The third item is a bigger problem. I can't think of any good messaging myself that is going to enthuse Americans about providing welfare and other government benefits to all immigrants regardless of their status. Good luck with that one, Bernie.
Again, since FOX is not exactly the most reliable source on Democrats, I've provided another source at the top for those who, like me, are dubious of FOX. I'm happy to say that if you read both articles objectively, they say about the same thing.
And, while I would take any article on a Democrat presidential candidate published by Fox News with a huge (truckload) grain of salt,
Sanders' immigration plan: Halt deportations, abolish ICE, welcome 50K 'climate migrants,' give welfare to all
( Read more... )
I like most of Sanders's plan, but these 3 items are going to be problems for him. The first 2 are just issues of messaging, but Democrats are notoriously incompetent with messaging.
Conservatives make decriminalization sound like legalization. Sanders doesn't want to legalize illegal immigration. He wants to make it a civil offense rather than a criminal offense.
Conservatives make it sound like the Democrats want to stop enforcing immigration and customs laws altogether. Sanders doesn't want to just abolish ICE and CBP. He wants to restructure them outside of DHS.
The third item is a bigger problem. I can't think of any good messaging myself that is going to enthuse Americans about providing welfare and other government benefits to all immigrants regardless of their status. Good luck with that one, Bernie.
Again, since FOX is not exactly the most reliable source on Democrats, I've provided another source at the top for those who, like me, are dubious of FOX. I'm happy to say that if you read both articles objectively, they say about the same thing.
