Is the Democratic party shifting its thinking on immigration?
Is the Democratic party shifting its thinking on immigration?
- December 18, 2023
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and poli sci, LAist – AirTalk, Dec. 18, 2023 (Audio)
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With the crisis at the border mounting, immigration is expected to be a hot-button issue for 2024’s elections … Immigration has long been a wedge issue for Republicans, but how are the politics of immigration shifting within the Democratic party? Joining us to discuss … Louis DeSipio, professor of political science and Chicano/Latino studies at University of California Irvine. “I think it’s very significant in that this is the first serious conversation about immigration in Congress in a decade. And it’s unfortunate that it’s not a debate about the broad parameters of immigration but it’s very focused on restriction and particularly restriction of asylum seekers,” says DeSipio.
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