It Was Always About the Wall
20th December 2018
Sheer numbers have radically changed electoral politics. Take California. One out of every four residents in California is foreign-born. Not since 2006 has any California Republican been elected to statewide office.
The solidly blue states of the American Southwest, including Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico, voted red as recently as 2004 for George W. Bush. Progressives understandably conclude that de facto open borders are good long-term politics.
Progressives want open immigration for the same reason Tony Blair’s government wanted it — massive influx of underclass proletarians means increasing vote margins for the Party of Free Stuff.