[youarentrightjr]

> Those who could but didn't vote aren't blameless either.

The harsh reality is that "lesser of two evils" thinking is what got us here.

In the 2024 election, the two mainstream party positions on immigration were:

- Let's not enforce any immigration law, and subsidize those here illegally

- Let's round up illegal aliens, indefinitely detain them without habeas corpus, maybe deport them to a country they aren't from

These are both insane, radical policies, neither of which represents the vast majority of the voting populous.

But since the picture is painted as "you just gotta pick the lesser of two evils", we end up with parties continually toeing the line of policy sanity.

[kentm]

> - Let's not enforce any immigration law, and subsidize those here illegally

This isn't an accurate description of the Democrat party's platform and repeating it uncritically is contributing to the problem.

[youarentrightjr]

> This isn't an accurate description of the Democrat party's platform and repeating it uncritically is contributing to the problem.

I welcome your critical interpretation of the existence of sanctuary cities and CFAP/California DREAM Act/related programs.

[raw_anon_1111]

Well, the city government is no more responsible for enforcing immigration laws than it is enforcing IRS fraud.

[youarentrightjr]

> Well, the city government is no more responsible for enforcing immigration laws than it is enforcing IRS fraud.

Oh, so these Democrat sanctuary cities are in open rebellion against the party?

Wouldn't it be crazy if the Democratic Party sourced their presidential candidates from sanctuary cities, especially candidates with law enforcement careers in said cities?

[raw_anon_1111]

What are you talking about?

[youarentrightjr]

On the off chance you're sincere but not well educated on this topic:

> What are you talking about?

Kamala Harris was DA for SF during the early 2010s, where she explicitly backed the city's sanctuary policies.

As CA AG she opposed the "Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act", which was aimed at deterring sanctuary cities through withholding of federal funding.

In the 2024 presidential election she was the Democratic candidate.

This is all on her Wikipedia page.

Can you answer my question?

> Oh, so these Democrat sanctuary cities are in open rebellion against the party?

[ahhhhnoooo]

> Let's not enforce any immigration law, and subsidize those here illegally

How does this square with Biden deporting the most people since the early 2000s. He certainly removed more people than Trump 1. Obama was removing approximately a million people per year.

I think it's fair to say that's a long, long ways from not enforcing any immigration law.