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issue for both parties to actually solve it. there is not a reason we cannot solve our immigration problems. but closed borders and kids in cages? that is not a policy solution. nor are sanctuary cities. that s not a policy solution either. and instead, both sides really, i think, use immigration to fearmonger, make people afraid, and it keeps these problems what we saw is heartbreaking. you can t assault border cops? and it s assault fleeing awful circumstances and being thrown back into mexico. this is heartbreaking all around. and i hear what you are saying about it being a very handy bogeyman for election years, for sure. but how does it benefit to democrats? because then they get to say the republicans are going to jail migrants, send them home, all things republicans have done. but listen, the back and forth, it s very much, to me, like the
democrats don t care about the border, vice president kamala harris, who was tasked with it, republicans paint her as being sort of asleep at the switch. what s gone wrong here? i think that immigration has become too valuable a wedge issue for both parties to actually solve it. there is not a reason we can t solve our immigration problems. but look, closed borders and kids in cages? that s not a policy solution, nor are sanctuary cities. that s not a policy solution either. instead both sides really use immigration to fearmonger, make people afraid, and it keeps the problems. what we saw is heartbreaking. you can t assault border cops? and it s heartbreaking that these people are fleeing awful circumstances and being thrown back into mexico. this is heartbreaking all around. i m not sure i hear what you re saying about it being a very handy bogeyman for election years for sure. but how does it benefit democrats?
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environment in which people feel like they can t safely answer the question, meaning it might be used against them in some way, whether legally legitimate or not and results in them not answering it, the reality is we will see states losing potentially congressional seats because of an undercount of population. in fact, new york state, for example, lost two seats in the last round. traditionally low income people of color and rural communities are undercounted. that means both political voice but it also means dollars, things like how much money is allocated, for instance, for school lunch. that impacts everyone. so the most important issue here is not making people afraid, but enabling them to count. that s why the careerists in the census bureau did not want this question. pete, i want to go back to this case because you and i and maya and stephanie and i had