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Originally Posted by sdskinsfan2001
I agree with this 100%. In regards to immigration in general, it's absolutely pathetic that the sides haven't been able to make an agreement towards strengthening enforcement of our immigration laws and some sort of pathway for immigrants already here. Sometimes I just think the parties don't actually want to get things done. Just want to play to their base.
D.C. is the home for old and stale. Agreed. Both sides. Voters have to be more willing to vote out incumbents.
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IMO politicians look the other way on immigration for two reasons a. we need immigrants for the work force for myriad of reasons. b. Businesses both large and small support the hiring of undocumented workers to be exploited for cheap labor. Like you said we need to have a pathway (it doesn't have to be citizenship but at least legal status).
Not just DC. Baltimore has had two of the last three majors leave for unethical reasons. Yet the city continues to elect the same platform over and over (I do have some hopes for the new mayor we will see). Republicans should find a way to improve their standing in cities with large African American populations. It might mean being more centrist in some values that they have in the past been uncompromising in but if you look at European conservative parties those platforms would resonate here in the U.S.