Bad faith Democrats do not want an immigration deal

Washington Examiner Editorial:
Illegal immigrants brought to America as children through no fault of their own, the so-called "Dreamers," have never been closer than they are now to securing a lawful, permanent deal that would allow them to stay.

Democrats, however, are doing their darnedest to prevent it.

The reason won't be discussed on CNN or Univision. It is much easier to point to President Trump's crude comments on immigration than it is to handle the truth, which is that his opponents want an argument rather than action. In an election year, immigration is far more powerful for Democrats as a political issue than it is as an accomplishment in the rearview mirror. They know this just as they have always known it, and so they're digging in their heels and throwing obstacles in the way of a solution.

It's what they did to kill former President George W. Bush's immigration reform during the 2006 election cycle. The majority to pass it was there, but Senate Democrats loaded up the legislation with poison-pill provisions to make sure it died.

The same happened again when former President Barack Obama fumbled his chance to pass serious immigration legislation when the Democrats had a filibuster-proof Senate majority in 2009. Instead of putting a proposal in front of Congress, he decided to do nothing except demagogue the issue in order to motivate Hispanic voters to turn out in 2010 and "punish our enemies, and ... reward our friends."

He sought to give the impressions that immigration would then be dealt with generously in 2011, after a third consecutive Democratic election victory. It was a desperate move, and, to no one's surprise, it didn't work, and the Democrats lost Congress. But they retained their ability to lure Hispanic voters with false hopes of future immigration legislation, and bespattered Republicans with ugly and unmerited charges of racism because the GOP opposed Democratic reform plans.
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Democrat politicians have to be the most cynical people in the United States.  They keep pandering on immigration and then pull the chair out from under a deal every time.  The histrionics this time are excessive even for them.  They are a show to cover for their bad faith in negotiations.

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