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Originally Posted by detbuch
So, what's Bernie's view on the illegal immigrants here . . . or those to come?
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it's always hard to tell isn't it? and when they do tell, it's often hard to judge what is true or not....seems the modern progressives learned a lesson from the early progressives who, as shown were pretty blunt with their views, modern progressives have learned the important skills of deception and phony compassion which attempt to disguise pretty cold and callous views and ulterior motives....we get to see a peak occasionally and it's not pretty... we know that Bernie, while an "independent socialist" did co-found the congressional progressive caucus which lists as one of it's "non-profit organization most closely associated" as The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) "It advocates in favor of progressive immigration reform policies"
Sanders is getting criticism for some "straddling" but I did read this clarification of his stance after comments to Ezra Klein
"Sanders is strongly in favor of legalization and citizenship for the current unauthorized immigrant population, which will raise wages and lift labor standards for all workers, and he’s against expanding U.S. temporary foreign worker programs, which allow employers to exploit and underpay so-called guestworkers. Limiting guestworker programs will reduce wage suppression and improve labor standards for U.S. and migrant workers alike.
When it comes to the number one priority for immigration reform—legalizing the unauthorized immigrant population in the United States—Sanders has said time and time again that they should be legalized immediately and put on a path to citizenship, and he’s highlighted their contributions to the American economy. Sanders could not be any clearer about this. He voted for the 2013 comprehensive reform bill that would have legalized most of the unauthorized population, despite his misgivings about the large expansion of high- and low-skilled guestworker programs in the bill, which shows the importance he ascribes to legalization. Sanders understands that having eight million people working in the U.S. labor market without labor and employment rights puts downward pressure on the wages and working conditions of all workers. He has not failed to point this out. There’s no question that Sanders’ desire for legalization of the unauthorized population is consistent with his broader agenda to see wages rise for workers in the United States.
I'm actually ok with this as long as we get to send 1 progressive off to the socialist paradise of their choice for every two undocumented Americans that we make whole and legal