2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: On what issue is Hillary better than Bernie? [View all]Armstead
(47,803 posts)Immigration is a very complex issue, and is one of those things where there are no easy answers.
Havcing heard Sanders on the subject, I believe he does (would) fully support lowering the barriers for citizenship, and supporting immigrants in other ways.
However, I also agree with him that opening the doors willy nilly -- or looking the other way about illegal immigrants -- is anotehr form of marginalization of American workers. If you can pay someone a whole lot less by bringing them into the country under "guest worker" or other special visas -- or hiring someone under the table -- that inherently does remove jobs from the pool available to citizens -- including legal immigrants.
And corporations loves that cheap labor.
But again, I appreciate the fact that you have raised an actual issue, other than ability to raise campaign money or "electability."