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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Amy Klobuchar. It has to be someone who acknowledges immigration is a problem, and is willing to do something to fix it. As a moderate Dem, I totally agree that most of the candidates are advocating for functionally open borders, though they're smart enough not to use the term. And it's concerning and not in step with what most of the country wants, clearly.[/quote]

The country is declining in population without counting immigration. We need immigrants to fill the positions vacated by baby boomers. Without immigration US will be stuck with a stagnating or declining economy like much of europe and japan as their population are declining.[/quote]

I'm the PP you're responding to. I'm not stupid. I understand that some level of (legal, orderly) immigration is needed and I'm all for it - my parents are immigrants. But conflating legal immigration with what's going on at the border with Central American migrants is a problem, and that's what's going to be a big issue for the Democratic candidate in 2020.

People walking up to the border and requesting asylum (or surrendering to CBP) because they want to escape gang violence, domestic violence, or poverty should not be considered legal immigration and frankly, shouldn't be admitted. It's not racist or bad to say that prospective immigrants to the US should apply through existing channels. But Democrats are refusing to say this aloud, much less offer any policies that genuinely address the issue, which is clearly of concern to many, many voters. And not providing a reasonable alternative to Trump is going to get him reelected, which is going to lead to even more humanitarian issues and horrible things like children being put in cages, people dying from lack of medical care, etc. The Democrats need to acknowledge that this is a problem and offer a solution besides "let them all in," because that's not going to fly with the voters they need to win the election, i.e. moderates in swing states.[/quote]

The GOP doesn't want to pass comprehensive immigration bill and they scuttled it twice already once during W's presidency and another time during O's presidency. Now the conman would rather rile up his frothing base and play white identity politics and actually win rather than lose by 3 million votes. But the issue is the GOP has won the popular vote just once since 1988 and Americans are simply not with the fraud trickle down party which gives tax cut after tax cut for the wealthy while cutting education, healthcare and infrastructure budget that screws their base. But they get the base to vote by playing white identity politics. This fraud can't go on endlessly.

Conman started with 3 million fewer votes and now has lost even more. His approval is negative in the midwest states he won and NC, AZ etc. He has driven away even more minorities, women and educated people. He is not trying to expand his base, so he is likely gonna lose and his fraud and lies will eventually catch and goes down as the worst president ever.

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