President Joe Biden’s recent executive actions on asylum and other border-security issues mark more than a shift to a more restrictive immigration policy. They’re also a rejection of the narrative that progressive advocacy groups and Latino Democrats have been pushing for years: that the best way to woo voters in the nation’s largest ethnic minority is to push for a permissive immigration system.
The fear of offending Latino voters with significantly tighter border measures has hampered Democrats’ ability to forge a coherent immigration policy—even though recent polling shows more and more Latino voters expressing concerns about the current level of undocumented immigration and backing stricter controls.
According to an Axios/Ipsos survey conducted in late March, nearly two-thirds of Latino respondents favored giving the president the authority to shut down the border. Only about 40 percent agreed with hard-line measures—a border wall, the deportation of all undocumented immigrants—but support for those ideas has jumped by about 10 points since late 2021.
Democrats were once divided on that question; many in the labor movement saw undocumented immigrants as competition for native-born workers. But as Latinos grew as a portion of the electorate—and voted Democratic in lopsided proportions—party strategists began to see them as a cornerstone of an enduring electoral majority.
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@MongooseJasmineGreen2yrs2Y
yeah, we always knew that Latino voters were *by definition* already citizens and therefore not directly impacted by immigration policy.
@BitternMayaPatriot2yrs2Y
it's part of a broader cultural shift towards de-individualization that is at the heart of the split between 00s/Obama-Era progressives and mid-2010s Identity-based progressives.
Allow me to help Biden out. Unsecured border = disliked by Latino voters. Family unification visas = liked by same. The people who brought you “Latinx” are today wearing kaffiyehs.
@E1ectionChowderDemocrat2yrs2Y
This is a weird piece. The Democrats always wanted to bargain on immigration. Tougher border policies for more legal immigration. The GOP gave up on legal immigration. Somehow, this became the Democrats fault? There were two big bills b/w 2007 and 2013. The GOP rejected both!
By default the vast majority of people who deeply care about some form of amnesty for undocumented immigrants cannot vote. If you are already citizen, at best you have some people in your circle who would be helped by CIR.
We don’t need more laws. We have immigration laws in place, just enforce them. Thanks
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