In Jon Mays’ June 13 column on immigration reform, I understand you want to maintain some kind of even-handed attitude toward the parties, and always assign some blame on both sides, but come on. This is an extraordinarily poor choice of topic on which to “punch left.” The only reason we did not get significant immigration reform in 2024 is because Donald Trump killed it, perpetuating the tradition in which right-wing Republicans torpedo deals because they want to campaign on the issue, not fix it.
To be clear, that deal should have been struck in 2021, before Trump had regained so much influence, and plenty of prominent Democrats said so at the time. But Dems did ultimately settle on a compromise that would’ve had 60 votes in the Senate, but for Trump’s intervention.
Some of us are also old enough to remember that McCain-Kennedy, despite support from George W. Bush, was killed by right-wingers too. Ironically, with pressure coming from the small-business community, because the extremist position of lunatics like Stephen Miller has never been realistic, Trump has suddenly started to sound like John McCain, suggesting that ICE shouldn’t raid farms and restaurants, they should instead prioritize going after actual criminals.
If we finally get a compromise bill, it will be because Trump, of all people, drags the right wing into accepting reality — if it happens, it’ll be something of an “only Nixon could go to China” moment. But Democrats have been offering, repeatedly, to make a deal for some 20 years.
Thanks for your letter, Mr. Harman, but everyone knows (although some choose not to) that the supposed “immigration reform” in 2024 failed because the bill didn’t do anything to reform immigration. In fact, many would say the bill attempted to legalize what is currently criminal, and expanded immigration. As Trump stated, all we needed to do to fix immigration was elect a new President, which over 77 million people did due to the ineffectiveness and incompetence of Biden and complicit Dems’ America Last policies. Thanks for the outrage but perhaps, instead, you could comment on executive orders and legislation to roll back EV mandates, car companies deciding to roll back production of EVs, and companies building cars with big gas guzzling V-8 engines, again. The Golden Age of America is upon us. Liquid gold.
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Thanks for your letter, Mr. Harman, but everyone knows (although some choose not to) that the supposed “immigration reform” in 2024 failed because the bill didn’t do anything to reform immigration. In fact, many would say the bill attempted to legalize what is currently criminal, and expanded immigration. As Trump stated, all we needed to do to fix immigration was elect a new President, which over 77 million people did due to the ineffectiveness and incompetence of Biden and complicit Dems’ America Last policies. Thanks for the outrage but perhaps, instead, you could comment on executive orders and legislation to roll back EV mandates, car companies deciding to roll back production of EVs, and companies building cars with big gas guzzling V-8 engines, again. The Golden Age of America is upon us. Liquid gold.
And, just like that ... Tacoman reversed his decision on farmworkers, hotel and restaurant workers just today.
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