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Re:Sinclair Made Dozens of Local News Anchors Recite the Sam... by dahdum on Monday April 02, 2018 @12:53PM (#16736351)
They didn’t want to budge on chain migration or the lottery, Trump ran on both those so wasn’t going to budge either. He didn’t back out so much as never get in.

Wish congress would have moved forward and put a bill on his desk, despite his statements he would have had to sign it or lose face.

Re:Sinclair Made Dozens of Local News Anchors Recite the Sam... by nkassis on Monday April 02, 2018 @01:43PM (#16736981)
McConnell and Ryan refuse to consider bills unless 50% of their party supports it. This essentially prevents any bipartisan deal on issues such as immigration.
Re:Sinclair Made Dozens of Local News Anchors Recite the Sam... by bradleyankrom on Monday April 02, 2018 @02:02PM (#16737238)
Polls have indicated that the DREAM Act is supported by an overwhelming majority[0]. If representatives don't mirror that support, then the problem is with them, not the bill.

[0] http://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2017/sep/19/...

Re:Sinclair Made Dozens of Local News Anchors Recite the Sam... by dahdum on Monday April 02, 2018 @03:49PM (#16738572)
Trump's issue was with what was left out.

'68 percent of Americans said they oppose "the lottery that randomly picks 50,000 people to enter the U.S. each year for greater diversity.' https://www.npr.org/2018/01/23/580037717/what-the-latest-imm...

Family based (chain migration) is more evenly split according to article.

Re:Sinclair Made Dozens of Local News Anchors Recite the Sam... by bradleyankrom on Monday April 02, 2018 @07:35PM (#16740465)
The lottery system doesn't select random people, they're qualified and vetted before being put in the selection pool.
Re:Sinclair Made Dozens of Local News Anchors Recite the Sam... by dguaraglia on Monday April 02, 2018 @08:05PM (#16740648)
You are right! But also, the problem is that in red states, Republicans have managed to gerrymander the crap out of their districts to ensure they won't get unseated no matter how badly they represent their constituents.