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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Clearly the status quo is untenable, but rather than have a rational discussion you all seem to jump to calling names.[/quote] [b]Really, that would be Trump, sista.[/b]

If the GOP hadn't, on multiple occasions over the last 30 years, killed immigration reform including more administrative judges, we wouldn't be here right now having this exchange.[/quote] [b]Exactly![/b]

The problem is that people never want to invest in the actually important stuff:

1. More employees at all levels to process immigration claims AND more personnel to man the southern border [b]IT WAS IN THE BILL.[/b]

AND a very expensive wall that will help to keep out walk-ins. All at a pretty stupendous cost. [b]Mexico, you there?[/b]

2. More employees at IRS. Studies have shown that additions to the IRS workforce generate multiple times more monies recovered than the additional cost of labor. [b]Dept of Government Deficiency said no.[/b]

2 can fund 1. But do we do this? 
No, because the left doesn't want to hear about pushing out migrants, [b]FALSE[/b]
 and the right doesn't want to hear about processing immigration claims quickly or recovering taxes from [b]GOP[/b] delinquents. [b]TRUE[/b]

We've got to work together, people![/quote]

[b]We?[/b] Let’s take a long look back…

Republicans have been unwilling to act on comprehensive immigration reform for nearly two decades.

2024: House Republicans were handed a bipartisan reform bill written by their own conservative Senator (Lankford). Trump “encouraged” senators to kill-the-bill so he he campaign on immigration.

2023: House Republicans voted against border security funding in FY22 and FY23 and a supplemental request for border security funds

2021: House Republicans refused to act on immigration reform bills that would have protected DACA holders, Temporary Protected Status immigrants, and undocumented farmworkers. Senate Republicans also blocked these bills.

2017: Mitch McConnell and Republicans could have rewritten immigration law but didn't, choosing to criticize the Obama administration's handling of DACA instead. Also, McConnell publicly stated “he’d make sure Obama was a one term president.” That didn’t happen. Old, miserable racist with egg an his face. (Name calling🚨)

2013: Obama’s 2nd term— A proposal passed the Senate 68 to 32 with strong bipartisan support. (🚨) Alcoholic Speaker John Boehner refused to bring it to the floor for a vote because a majority of House Republicans weren’t going to give a black president the win.

* Congressional Republicans have refused to engage in meaningful policy changes on immigration since passing the Secure Fence Act in 2006.
* Congressional Republicans use immigration as a political weapon to divide the American people
* Congressional Republicans shifted to restrictionist and xenophobic rhetoric after the rise of the Tea Party movement
* Congressional Republicans prefer running on rhetoric rather than adopting a platform on immigration 
* Congressional Republicans prefer enforcing existing laws and addressing border security before considering broader reform.

I dunno. So many sources. Brookings is legit. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-collapse-of-bipartisan-immigration-reform-a-guide-for-the-perplexed/#:~:text=Galston-,William%20A.,Zilkha%20Chair%20in%20Governance%20Studies&text=The%20last%20comprehensive%20immigration%20reform,2025%20to%20address%20border%20security.
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Great post, but it omits the several attempts going back to Reagan where the GOP refused to act.[/quote] It’s in the Brookings link. I got distracted by the LA escalation. I was praying this wouldn’t happen. [/quote]

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