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No Party Is Standing Up for Immigrants Right Now
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I sympathize with you, but at the same time your description is inaccurate. You wrote that people are equating the Republicans with the Democrats on immigration. I don't think that's true, because the Democrats aren't spreading stories about cat eating Haitians, for example.
But Kamala Harris is trying to adopt a very strong border policy, and she's certainly not trying to emphasize that immigrants are people, and that we should care about and support people who are fleeing deadly situations in their home countries. Remember the immigration bill, the one that gave Republicans much of what they wanted? The Democrats were on board with that, and eventually Trump had to shoot it down because he thought it would be better for him politically.
One argument was that the Democrats would give the Republicans everything they wanted, and this would show that actually the Democrats are good at getting things done, and that it was a political decision but not necessarily a moral one.
I'm not accusing you of anything, but many people in the last few months have gotten upset when the Democrats are attacked for having dodgy positions on issues, and they say that that's only helping the Republicans. I totally disagree with this. There are no perfect candidates, and pointing out a weak point of a candidate doesn't mean you shouldn't vote for them. Rather, it's a reminder that politics is not pretty and we have to do the best we can.