> Reps on the other hand have to appear xenophobic once again for reasons that aren't super clear to me,
It's not complicated. It's the Christian Nationalist agenda for the last 50 years. They don't want white people to be the minority and most immigrants don't fit that profile.
> but when it comes to actually preventing immigration, they always manage to torpedo their own proposals.
Because they have to win elections. They do this by declaring something bad, doing nothing about it, then blaming democrats so they can get re-elected.
Look at Florida. They've been republican for over two decades, they have a super majority and they don't solve any of the problems they run against the democrats on.
It's not complicated. It's the Christian Nationalist agenda for the last 50 years. They don't want white people to be the minority and most immigrants don't fit that profile.
> but when it comes to actually preventing immigration, they always manage to torpedo their own proposals.
Because they have to win elections. They do this by declaring something bad, doing nothing about it, then blaming democrats so they can get re-elected. Look at Florida. They've been republican for over two decades, they have a super majority and they don't solve any of the problems they run against the democrats on.