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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it real now ?

Trump was the ONLY candidate to advocate for less immigration.   Hillary wanted to expand legal immigration

Both parties push for more immigration to replace US workers.  But Democrats used to be the party of labor.

3 Supreme Court picks lost because Hillary lost to an idiot like Trump - “urban, coastal, arrogant party.”[/quote]

While sitting on a park bench in Lincoln, Mass., I recently watched a roofer fall two stories after the scaffolding under him gave way. He appeared to be an immigrant. And if he was here illegally, as about 15 percent of all construction industry workers are, he probably lacked worker's comp and health insurance.

That's precisely why many employers—in the construction industry and other sectors—hire immigrants. They don't demand decent wages or working conditions. When they get hurt, they can be shunted aside. Some firms have even turned injured workers over to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency for deportation.

This should outrage my fellow Democrats. But at least for the elected officials in my party, it often doesn't. The party's tolerance for illegal immigration violates nearly every other core value we hold dear—from workers' rights to affordable housing. It's also a political albatross that threatens the party's chances in the upcoming election.

Polling shows that swing voters care enormously about immigration. When Democrats ignore illegal migration—or implement border policies that exacerbate it—Republicans win elections. And when Republicans win elections, they move the country in the wrong direction on income equality, education, affordable housing, women's rights, and virtually every other major issue.

https://www.newsweek.com/my-democratic-party-wrong-immigration-opinion-1917957[/quote]

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