Pretty clear many biz-establishment Republican supporters of Trump's framework don't *ever* want immig. totals to decline. When chain migration runs out in 5-15 years they will push for more skills-based & guest workers. The potential reduction's boob-bait https://t.co/AD3hB28oGE
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 1, 2018
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.@NPR tells us that, of >8,000 illegal, unaccompanied alien children (UACs) resettled on Long Island, "less than 1 percent … are part of MS-13." If you find that reassuring, you are not me. https://t.co/7VMqzry5AE
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 1, 2018
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(What's Left of) Our Economy: A New Set of Mixed Signals on Worker Pay https://t.co/kZUUL3LCs2 via @AlanTonelson
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 1, 2018
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Don't quite see how labor shortage can stall economic growth without a rise of wages ever showing up. … https://t.co/hf5kMQMwud
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 1, 2018
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Uh, oh. Smart Dems are starting to realize they should say "yes" to Trump's offer. … https://t.co/xk4FNzuy76
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 1, 2018
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Uh, oh. Smart Dems are starting to realize they should say "yes" to Trump's offer. … https://t.co/xk4FNzuy76
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 1, 2018
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Wages "gradually firming" … OK! But they don't seem to be actually rising. Taking a while! Solution is not a big Trump Amnesty (followed by new surge of illegal workers coming across border) https://t.co/mpwN2iFNnI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 1, 2018
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Wages "gradually firming" … OK! But they don't seem to be actually rising. Taking a while! Solution is not a big Trump Amnesty (followed by new surge of illegal workers coming across border) https://t.co/mpwN2iFNnI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 1, 2018
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Why is the GOP split on immigration "a problem that threatens the party's entire 2018 agenda"? They can punt. Pressure seems to be coming from @politico https://t.co/LFmXd79s2u https://t.co/LFmXd79s2u
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 31, 2018
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If you are a man, this just ain't the time to abruptly quit your job unless you have a *really* good reason.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 31, 2018
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Agree. The 3D chess argument prevents base from recognizing a sellout until it's too late. Maybe that's the 3D chess! Have to assume Trump wants a deal–otherwise why be so generous (delaying chain for 10 years) and bury in fine print? https://t.co/u4fTdftJrT
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 31, 2018
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Fair @davidfrum criticism of Trump's ability to explain/persuade. (Were the Bushes any better? Clinton is only recent president good at it.) But Frum thinks [insert nonexistent candidate here] would be doing better on immigration, from his perspective? https://t.co/MO910BwNdY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 31, 2018
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"An economy on the cusp of revolutions in robotics and artificial intelligence should not import huge numbers of low-skilled workers." https://t.co/MO910BwNdY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 31, 2018
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So the Feb 8 deadline on the way to being blown past, and the March 5 DACA deadline has been vaporized by a federal judge (with DOJ help). Where is the "mounting pressure" for a DACA deal? https://t.co/wEyd2auMTl
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 31, 2018
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Right now he's being used by Marc Short (R-Koch) as the restrictionist validator–i.e. even @TomCottonAR supports the "framework" https://t.co/EDYqhh1nda https://t.co/p6ZIGq0Aag
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 31, 2018
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What's @TomCottonAR's answer? Seems like he has signed on to a bill that's worse than status quo, and will probably only get even worse from here … https://t.co/C0u1pedNlr
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 31, 2018
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LA Times editors often seemed to see their role as preventing readers from reading about things they might be too interested in, like that the mayor had gotten divorced or John Edwards busted w/ mistress in a local hotel. https://t.co/V41bkTQ4VB
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 31, 2018
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Key reason LA doesn't have lively unifying civic culture is that Chandler "golden age" @LATimes was so dull, respectable, anti-gossip that none developed–not like NY/Chi. Yet Times was big enough to stomp out competition. https://t.co/vuJxs5Jl9X
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 31, 2018
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Isn't point of "Americans are dreamers too" that there *are* zero-sum aspects: American lo-skill workers, who haven't done well for decades, have to compete for jobs/wages w/ DREAMers and (more important) new illegals a big DREAM amnesty will attract. https://t.co/D9HtOiuyLA
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 31, 2018
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NYT: 'He'll screw it up tomorrow in a tweet'. …'Too late, the narrative's set!'
Guess it was a good speech. https://t.co/lcLM7LBCpW
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 31, 2018
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"Not a good look" = a lazy way to condemn something without really having to say what's wrong with it
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 31, 2018
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Liberals have lost their minds over immigration https://t.co/v5tNTRa03x
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 31, 2018
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"But it was Trump's 'Americans are dreamers, too' remark that rankled Democrats most." https://t.co/Y99GKXJLsM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 31, 2018
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"But it was Trump's 'Americans are dreamers, too' remark that rankled Democrats most." https://t.co/Y99GKXJLsM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 31, 2018
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.@ChuckTodd's reference to "the mythical immigrant criminal" should generate a lot of memes. Apparently it is less mythical than MSM thinks https://t.co/eqWVQXrg73
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 31, 2018
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