This is a story that came out in December and now could be Bernie’s Kryptonite moving forward in Florida and other Western states in the upcoming Primary or Caucus. In 2006 Bernie voted in support of the Far Right Wing Boarder Control Militia’s in Arizona.
For Sanders, the amendment is another in a string of past votes that aren’t quite in line with the exact progressive priorities of 2015. Much like past positions on guns that the senator has had to navigate this year, his immigration positions have at times posed some challenges with the new Democratic base and the party’s priorities. He voted against the 2007 immigration bill backed by most Democrats on Capitol Hill and Latino groups (as well as the Bush administration then in the White House) but opposed by many in Sanders’s organized labor base. Sanders supported the comprehensive immigration bill that failed in Congress in 2013. Immigration is now a central part of his campaign — last month he released a detailed proposal includes most of what immigration advocates are seeking this cycle.
This could be a huge problem going for Bernie going forward in the upcoming primaries in Florida, New Mexico, California and Arizona.