“Once the Dems realized that importing illegals who are dependent on government handouts would be a guaranteed path to power, they opened the floodgates and refused to deport even hardened criminals. Incentives explain outcomes. [@RealTheoWold] For people who weren't alive to remember the politics of the early 2000s, the debate on immigration was the exact opposite of what it is today. The Democratic Party viewed open borders as, in the words of Bernie Sanders, a "Koch brothers proposal"-- that Republicans wanted to… https://x.com/i/web/status/2012223784892109252”