{"id":13577,"date":"2018-01-25T09:29:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T13:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gormogons.com\/?p=13577"},"modified":"2018-01-25T09:29:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T13:29:39","slug":"13577","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormogons.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/13577\/","title":{"rendered":"Volgi, This Immigration Fight Really Sucks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Central American illegal immigrants practice so they can blend seamlessly with other Metro riders when they arrive in DC.<\/p><\/div>\n

Immigration.<\/p>\n

Say the word and normal, sane people lose their minds.<\/p>\n

On one side, we have people screaming \u201cTHEY TOOK R JERBZ!!!\u201d and \u201cBILD TEH WAL!!\u201d On the other side, we see people ranting without open borders, America\u2019s the moral equivalent of Hitler. Once again, America\u2019s allowed its politicians and media to divide us. Ordinary Americans (i.e., those not making money off sowing discord and strife) are a lot closer policy-wise than we think.<\/p>\n

The vast majority of Americans (if polls are to be believed) support a pathway to legal status of some sort for so-called Dreamers. The vast majority of Americans also support increased border enforcement, as well as better, stricter enforcement of our immigration laws generally.<\/p>\n

Trump, assuming today\u2019s policy position is his true position, understands this. He supports both notions, legalizing the Dreamers and tight borders coupled with strict enforcement of law. This seems to \u2018Puter to be the correct position. Or, at least, the position best suited to satisfy both sides of the immigration debate (while providing grist for extremists\u2019 grievance mills for the decade to come).<\/p>\n

To Trump\u2019s credit, he is not making the mistake Republicans made in the 1980s when they agreed to amnesty first, then increased enforcement later, which conveniently (for Democrats) never materialized. Trump is insisting on a package deal, which is the smart play.<\/p>\n

Media and Democrats can blame Trump all they want if Dreamers are deported, but if Trump and Republicans are on record with an offer for a pathway to legal status for Dreamers in return for the Trump Taj Ma-Wall and tighter enforcement, Republicans are in pretty good shape because that\u2019s where Americans seem to be.<\/p>\n

Democrats found out the hard way the importance of at least appearing reasonable when they shut the government down, thus breaking the first rule of government shutdowns: Don\u2019t shut the government down. Worse, no amount of spinning by Democrats and media could change the inescapable conclusion that Democrats were willing to punish American citizens to gain benefits for illegally present aliens, even sympathetic ones. This, to put it mildly, is not a winning look.<\/p>\n

So, as the immigration saga plays out, here are my predictions, for whatever they\u2019re worth.<\/p>\n