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“Voters keep saying over and over again we are not comfortable with this level of immigration. I understand why. It doesn’t make you a racist to say that,” Maher said.
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Herein lies the problem for Democrats. Multiple industries rely wholly on undocumented labor. Were we to magically remove all "illegals" tomorrow, both the hospitality and agriculture industries, to pick just two, would collapse overnight.
Try explaining that to voters.
The correct electoral solution is to saying you're going to fix the problem, massage the numbers, maybe do some high-profile but ultimately ineffective stuff, but not take that labor away.
But then you'd have the Rainmaker wing of the party accuse you of being corporatist slaves and taking a pass on the next election.