The article critiques the outdated progressive messaging on immigration, which frames the issue solely as a battle against Republican cruelty. As the 2024 election approaches, the Biden administration has struggled to defend its actions—leading to Republican exploitation of chaos at the border for political gains. Despite immigrants' personal stories being pivotal, they alone aren't enough. The narrative must align with the aspirations of Latino voters who prioritize the American dream over systemic oppression. Consequently, Democrats need to reassess their strategy to regain ground lost to Republicans.
For years, immigrant rights advocates have anchored our politics in the power of personal narrative, believing that if people simply saw the humanity in immigrants, justice would follow.
Republicans have mastered the art of framing binding immigration to fears of economic precarity, inflation and cultural displacement. Their claims are almost entirely false, but in the war for attention, where emotion shapes reason, they are winning.
Democrats are losing ground with Latino voters because they're making the wrong pitch. Many Latinos don't primarily see themselves through the lens of systemic racial oppression.
Biden's compromise border security deal with Republicans was doomed from the start: It misread Republican motives, which were in fact to keep America's immigration system in a state of permanent dysfunction.
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