Kevin and Mitch don’t want to tackle immigration at all, not after its impact o n the midterms
They will embrace it if needs be. Wait a few days.
The GOPers won’t stick their necks out to back any Immigration reform legislation, even legislation that they themselves had a hand in crafting.
What the GOP won’t admit to themselves is that this issue is not a unifying theory among it’s members.
There is no “plan”. It’s a set of talking points and ONE Powerpoint slide.
“Merit-based immigration” is what happens when you let a focus group define an issue. (Who’s is FOR “merit-less immigration?”) It’s intended to do what it’s already done, to get Democrats to be against “merit”.
But it’s really a gambit for guest workers. And it’s likely to succeed, cuz folks like Josh won’t bother to understand immigration, while Rs are happy to be hypocrites.
This is the key: to the extent “merit-based” means anything beyond eliminating the rights of US citizens to sponsor their families as new Americans, it ALSO means taking away authority for EMPLOYERS to sponsor new Americans, which they have had since the Founding.
Since tech is so happy creating an indefinitely temporary workforce with the H-1B, which Ds go along with cuz we’re dumb, and of course that alienates US workers, this is quite likely to be successful politics unless Ds figure it out.
You know, the way Ds were so successful on immigration politics in 2016.
Face it friends, there are precious few policy items the GOP WILL tackle,do nothing obstructionist stance is.in tact.
Authoritarians obey. Within a week, they always end up being firm supporters of whatever word salad spewed from their orange god’s head despite their frail, flailing protestations when it happened. It won’t be any different here.
Top GOPers Wont Stick Their Necks Out For Trump’s New Immigration Plan… Yet.
(So easily fixed)
Well, of course there’s nothing about DACA or the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the US.
The unwritten assumption is that they will all be immediately deported (or otherwise handled, however Stephen Miller chooses).