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Marcus Seldon's avatar

While I like your ideas, they don’t address the elephant in the room: illegal immigration. When I talk to normies who don’t follow politics closely, even those who vote for Democrats, I find many of them are bothered by the high levels of illegal immigrants in the country, by sanctuary cities, and by Democrats’ perceived (or actual) lack of interest in immigration enforcement. To them, it feels inherently disorderly and unfair.

So I do think a return to Obama’s first term policies and PR on the issue makes sense politically, and is probably necessary.

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Gary's avatar

You left out a CRITICAL distinction: illegal immigration vs legal. My sense is that the majority of the public is against illegal immigration but much more nuanced about legal immigration. The problem is, the Biden administration screwed up royally by allowing what was perceived to be unfettered illegal immigration and the backlash has affected all immigrants. Then Biden claimed there was nothing that he could do about the border absent Congressional action. Well, Trump proved that was not true. I think that if a candidate wants to win in 2028, she or he will have to continue Trump's border policies.

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