Senate Democratic leaders at a press conference amid a policy and funding standoff over immigration enforcement.
Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg
This isn’t the same old immigration debate.
The partial shutdown set to hit the Department of Homeland Security this weekend shows Democrats believe the politics of the issue have changed — encouraging them to dig in for a potentially long standoff.
Voters support border security and enforcement of immigration laws, public polls show, but they’re also deeply unhappy with the way President
Democrats argue that distinction is a moral and political opening. Republicans “have not really shown that they understand the magnitude of the anger among American citizens,” Sen.