Barack Obama and his army of Organizing For Action volunteers are currently pushing for “comprehensive immigration reform” that will “give undocumented youth and their families the chance to earn their citizenship,” but one of the president’s top advisors is supporting a far different agenda on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.On Friday, the BBC broke the news that Jim Messina, who is the chairman of OFA and served as Obama’s campaign manager last year, had been hired by Britain’s Conservative Party to advise it for that country’s 2015 general election. Messina’s new allies have a far different set of immigration policies than Obama. As Obama tries to open America’s doors to immigrants, the Conservative Party has recently backed a draconian immigration crackdown that has even led to allegations of racism.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=201580