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Basically it’s their golden goose for running on elections. Scream about it and blame them for everything, and never fix it.
Comment by nerdsonarope at 24/01/2025 at 20:45 UTC
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The formula to win any election anywhere seems to be "find a scapegoat to blame for all problems". And more often than not, that scapegoat is either a racial group, a foreign country, or immigrants.
Comment by JMol87 at 24/01/2025 at 20:29 UTC
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Same here in the UK, and why we got Brexit. It was meant to curb migration, but now the numbers are through the roof. The former Tory government did nothing to solve it, because it riles their base up - it backfired as many moved further right to the Reform "party"
Comment by eidetic at 24/01/2025 at 23:39 UTC
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Yep. A reminder for those who forgot:
The democrats caved in to basically every demand the republicans had for the border bill. The republicans then refused to pass it because, *in their own words*, they didn't want to give the democrats a win. And of course, they wouldn't be able to continue running on this bogeyman campaign issue either.
Oddly enough, the industries that are extremely dependent upon cheap immigrant labor also tend to vote predominantly republican...
Comment by inbrewer at 24/01/2025 at 22:57 UTC
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They needed something solid after Row vs. Wade was gutted. The dog isn’t supposed to catch the car. But when it does, you come up with a new wedge issue.
Comment by Snowrst86 at 25/01/2025 at 00:05 UTC
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You do realize that's just politics in general? Easier to maintain the status quo when you attack the other side for the same issues every time.
Comment by LvBorzoi at 24/01/2025 at 20:04 UTC
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BINGO....We have a winner!!! Congratulations PG908
Comment by Jofarin at 24/01/2025 at 23:28 UTC
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It would be so easy to fix this: Make it illegal to **employ** illegal immigrants. Nobody that comes here would get a job, because everyone would be too afraid to pay them. Guess who's not coming anymore?
But that would have a devastating effect on tons of things, like food prices.
Comment by Fjdenigris at 24/01/2025 at 23:35 UTC
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It’s the new Pro Life/Pro Choice because that one was getting played out. But it’s back!!!!
Comment by austinrob at 25/01/2025 at 00:53 UTC
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Yup. This is why politicians don't solve problems. They just campaign on solving them.
Comment by kmoose819 at 25/01/2025 at 01:53 UTC
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Like democrats and abortion
Comment by ianfw617 at 25/01/2025 at 02:30 UTC
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They finally won on abortion and picked a new fight to focus on.
Comment by Researcher-52 at 25/01/2025 at 03:34 UTC
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That's why so many like Trump, because he did something about it in first term, and he's doing more in second term
Comment by MisterEinc at 25/01/2025 at 04:56 UTC
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Or make it worse. They actually took down the app that helps migrants enter legally.
Comment by Constant-External-85 at 25/01/2025 at 04:56 UTC
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It's also campaigned with 'Immigrants stealing our Jobs' when it should be known Corporate America and US based agriculture would lose a shit load of cheap, almost slave labor if they were to hold their promise on this.
Prisons are also another source of cheap labor that Republicans heavily rely on.
It's not just Republicans, it's also 'business minded' Democrats
Comment by Wishful232 at 24/01/2025 at 21:33 UTC
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They showed their hand when they blocked the border bill so Trump could use immigration in his campaign.