http://www.davejustus.com/2006/03/30/immigration-2/ None Sine Causa Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:03:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.davejustus.com/2006/03/30/immigration-2/#comment-2847 honestpartisan Fri, 31 Mar 2006 06:38:54 +0000 http://www.davejustus.com/2006/03/30/immigration-2/#comment-2847 I don't think the Earth First! anti-population types carry much weight in the Democratic Party. If immigration is going to split the Democrats, it will be African-Americans versus everyone else. I think union voters tend to be modestly anti-immigration, but given that more and more union members aren't threatened by immigrants (like public employees) and that some national unions realize that immigrants can be natural organizers (a historically immigrant role, incidentally), union opposition to immigration is softening. Unions have good reason to oppose guest-worker programs, though. I don’t think the Earth First! anti-population types carry much weight in the Democratic Party. If immigration is going to split the Democrats, it will be African-Americans versus everyone else. I think union voters tend to be modestly anti-immigration, but given that more and more union members aren’t threatened by immigrants (like public employees) and that some national unions realize that immigrants can be natural organizers (a historically immigrant role, incidentally), union opposition to immigration is softening. Unions have good reason to oppose guest-worker programs, though.

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