- one area where popularism is most preposterous is where voters are quite obviously confused
- Pew finds 60% oppose pausing visas and 66% oppose nixing asylum! People overinterpreted 2024 as a seismic shift to Trump on immigration. But the data is showing very broad opposition to the restrictionist, ethnonationalist, anti-humanitarian aspects of Trumpism. 5/5 newrepublic.com/article/2060...
- as others have said I think you could sell a massive liberalization of immigration by loudly promising to crack down on scofflaws and whatnot
- “we’re going to Get Tough on illegal immigration” [10x the number of asylum judges, massively cut citizenship time requirements, abolish ICE and CBP, etc]Feb 4, 2026 15:58
