How Did Immigration Become a Left Wing Issue?

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Monday July 22, 2013 · 3:58 PM PDT

2013/07/22 · 15:58

I always understood that left wing politics stood for two basic things. First and foremost, the left stood up for the economic welfare of the working man and for the ability of workers to harvest a proper return for their contribution to the value of production rather than allowing capital to draw a disproportionate return (whether based on notions of egalitarianism or on the Henry Ford principle that the economy prospers most for all classes when the workers can afford to buy the goods they make). Second, the left stood for equal rights and opportunities and against inherited advantage, again either as a matter of principle or for the functional reason that this allows the most efficient use of human talent, contributing to the prosperity of all. On both of these measures, the immigration policies pushed by the Democratic party are more consistent with right-wing views than with the left wing.

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