The half measures aren't solving the problem. I get what you are saying, but when a balanced solution is available and the population would be overwhelmingly for it we should do it. Maybe I'm being to pie in the sky, but I want it solved and it's just not that hard. We have many other problems that are much more difficult.
I do think you are giving Dems too much credit. They have their golden calves as well. I'm not defending the Reps. they have many faults in this specific area.
The downside to fixing problems is that Democrats and Republicans lose the ability to campaign on them. The abortion issue largely works the same way (among a host of other issues.) It’s ironic because a lot of people go to the polls stating they want to “fire the do-nothings†but, of course, don’t because they keep falling for the same “vote for me to change/protect issue X†idiocy they fell for in the last election.
The bill was skewed closer to republican desires than democratic ones. Lankford is far from a bleeding heart liberal.
It still didn’t deal with what it should have. The dreamers were left out, the guest worker program, actually securing the border, putting real teeth to penalties for companies employing illegals after the new system is in place, and I could go on. It would have done a few god things but the most important things weren’t involved at all.
But better than the alternative of nothing and it would have passed except for pandering to the mango moron.
And a very sizeable number of those are supporting trump at the expense of Biden.
Illegals aren't supposed to be voting, so ideally, it wouldn't effect either man. Of course, if illegals ARE voting, we've got bigger problems than most wish to acknowledge.
"illegals" are not voting and the idea that they are has long been the basis for far right conspiracy theories
