In another round of performance cruelty, Republicans shot down another attempt at border reform originating in the Senate with input from the administration. It would have been a less humane package and would surely have pissed off liberals who favor orderly immigration, especially from countries which have been screwed over by American policies.
Meanwhile, America's birthrate is falling and immigration is a key to maintaining a vigorous country as the native population ages. The GOP elite gets this as does their billionaire sponsors. However, chaos at the border energizes the MAGA base and despite the evidence these troglodytes are no longer the key to winning elections, I guess it is easier to keep throwing the red meat to the base than appealing to a larger electorate.
Despite the mythology of the ''nation of immigrants" we teach in schools, a pretty fair percentage of the population is xenophobic. It is hardwired in many peoples' brains and is likely not something we can educate them out of.
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