Byron York’s Daily Memo: A new Democratic immigration ploy

The bottom line is, it should not work. But that doesn’t mean it won’t. And if it does, how many people would be affected? Some Democrats have suggested they won’t try to legalize all 12 million people illegally present in the U.S., but will instead cover a much smaller group — perhaps five million. Vaughan doesn’t buy it. “We can be sure that Democrats will downplay the numbers, but they are huge,” she said, “possible as many as ten million people will get amnesty, depending on the language. That’s unprecedented. Even a smaller amnesty of, say, three million has major implications, because of the chain migration that will follow.”

And then there is the amazing fact that Democrats are considering an immigration ploy — some are calling it a “Hail Mary” attempt — at a time when the U.S.-Mexico border is overwhelmed with people crossing illegally into the United States. Word that Democrats are considering an amnesty gambit will be one more incentive for them to come — and they have surely heard of it even as we speak.

“It’s so obvious, but the Democrats seem oblivious to the optics of pushing this at a time when the border is out of control,” Vaughan said. “We know from experience that even talk of an amnesty causes a surge of illegal migrants to the border. Voters seem to have little confidence that the Biden team can manage the border competently and securely, much less manage another mass government giveaway of green cards.”

Like other parts of the Democratic agenda — look at S. 1, the voting bill — the immigration proposal, which doesn’t even exist on paper yet, is an exercise in messaging. Go big, go long, show your progressive constituency groups that you’re fighting for them. If it doesn’t happen, they can see you tried. And who knows? Maybe it will work.

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They say legislation is like a sausage factory. But this is more like Dr Frankenstein’s laboratory. And sometimes the monsters escape.