(02-01-2020 07:44 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  

(01-31-2020 11:32 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(01-31-2020 10:28 AM)mrbig Wrote:  

(01-30-2020 10:46 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I realize that the left does not want a rational immigration policy. Leftists see a steady stream of illegal immigrants as steady supply of future leftist voters.

Before you go doing stuff like that, why don't you first explain what policies they have pursued that deviate from that objective.

Catch and release?
Sanctuary cities?
Abolishing ICE?
Adding them to the welfare rolls?
Giving non-citizens the vote?

I disagree with this, but before I do any research on it - you need to break down the time frame you're talking about when Democrats had control of the Presidency and House and Senate, and were in a position to make any meaningful legislative changes.

As long as you continue to make this claim (and you post this or something similar to this quite often - it gets monotonous), you need to realize that Trump's immigration policies are also political in nature. If Democrats are in favor of opening the borders to get more votes, Trump closing them is also geared to both lower the potential new Democratic votes (your theory, not mine), and also rally his base at the same time.

The White House announced six new countries on its travel ban yesterday (wasn't a total ban, but it was pretty strict at the same time). The one truly significant one on the list was Nigeria. Only allowing temporary visas for people from Nigeria to the U.S. could have a big impact in November. As you probably see first-hand, there are a ton of Nigerians in the United States, and I can't imagine they are going to be happy with this news.

What do things like sanctuary cities have to do with control of Congress?

These are declared by the city, not Congress.