Making it harder for migrants to qualify for asylum and deporting more recently arrived migrants are considered “low hanging fruit” and actions that can be taken quickly.
If voters actually care about policies and the border is a major issue then it’s a smart political move. You essentially pull the rug out from the republican party and leave them nothing to work with, cause they voted against border policy changes recently.
The issue is that I’m not sure voters care. It’s become so hard to understand if any of this positioning matters or if democrats would just be better off doing what the Republicans do and just try cram through legislation regardless of whether they can actually pass anything.
If voters actually care about policies and the border is a major issue then it’s a smart political move. You essentially pull the rug out from the republican party and leave them nothing to work with, cause they voted against border policy changes recently.
The issue is that I’m not sure voters care. It’s become so hard to understand if any of this positioning matters or if democrats would just be better off doing what the Republicans do and just try cram through legislation regardless of whether they can actually pass anything.