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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]

Except, they have.  There's been multiple immigration reform efforts that have built majority and bi-partisan support.  Those efforts have been scuttled by a small group of extremist Republicans.

The whole DACA thing is only an issue because Trump decided to just end the administrative fix so he could use their suffering as a bargaining chip.  I don't know what more you want them to do.  Trump isn't trustworthy, multiple deals have been agreed to and then withdrawn at the last minute.  McConnell has washed his hands of everything (except nominations).

Can't have agreement on a fix, when one small segment of one side refuses to allow majority compromise.  Meanwhile the administration's entire negotiating strategy is quite simply to be a dick unless he gets a vanity wall down the middle of a freaking river.  [/quote]

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