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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So to make sure I understand this right: you are blaming Obama for the fact that Trump and his Republicans in the House and Senate failed to take up immigration in any real, substantive way while they held control of the WH and both houses?[/quote]

No, I am blaming Obama and Dems for the fact that they betrayed immigrants. They promised one thing, and delivered the opposite -- Mr. Deporter-in-Chief broke millions of families and the media gave him a free pass, making the bad worse.

Some other PP blamed both parties (rightly so) for not working hard enough to solve the issue.

While you are trying to not answer the question posted above -- would you support a merit-based system like Canada's?

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I am the PP you are responding to. I am a tried and true Democrat. I also once wrote a published white paper about our immigration system being dysfunctional and broken. I would welcome changes that make the system fairer, more manageable, and give people more certain ways to come and stay here. I'm fine with that being skills based if it means we can get rid of this insane system that is currently full of uncertainty and incentivizes lawbreaking. Our current system, as you and I and everyone can see, is broken.

I think there are reasons why this is unlikely to happen. A big one is that we are in horrible times when we can't even really talk about immigration without dividing into our partisan corners. There's zero trust between the sides - and zero incentives for compromise or cooperation. But [b]yes, I would favor a system that was clear, fair, easy, manageable, had standards and rules that could be followed and understood, and that promoted social cohesion and harmony. I'm open to a variety of fixes. Skills based immigration seems like one system that could work. [/b]

Now a question for you: Are you pissed that Trump and his Republicans didn't take the opportunity to *actually* get into immigration reform while they had control over every body of government? They didn't even hold hearings, or draft any bills that they could hold up as embodying their ideas. They did nothing.[/quote]

Thank you very much for the thoughtful response. I couldn't agree more with the bolded (and with most of what you wrote).

Happy to answer your questions, but let me start by saying that I did not vote for Trump in 2016 -- may well do so in 2020, as I generally think the country is in better shape now than in 2016.

I am sad, but not pissed or disappointed, that Trump/ GOP didn't prioritize immigration reform while they had both houses. Why? Because they never promised they would.

On the contrary, I was gladly surprised when Trump proposed a quite sensible plan in 2018 (path to citizenship for close to 3 million in exchange for Wall funding and a move towards a merit-based system), and then pissed and disappointed when Dems refused to even consider it (it was clear that some Republicans would never vote for it, so the vote had to be bipartisan).

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Wanted to chime in that I feel the same way as you.  Voted for Hillary last time and will likely vote for Trump in 2020.[/quote]

Thanks for chiming in.

Any particular turning point or reason?[/quote]

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