"Hmm, the peasants are angry about all the illegals who came in during Clinton and Bush Jr's terms, and they are all fired up for reform"
"We want to harness this fervor for votes but we don't actually want to do anything about this issue because cheap labor lines our pockets, and we don't have to live next to them. I know, instead of taking $100's of billions in losses in wage increases and US agriculture no longer being priced competitively, let's pledge $5 billion for a huge symbolic nothing that will make it look like we are addressing this issue, but in actuality, will do nothing."
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