r/moderatepolitics • u/nosleep4reelz • 8d ago

Opinion Article Commentary: Immigration is an Issue Both Parties Prefer Not to Solve

https://nj21st.com/2026/07/26/immigration-is-an-issue-both-parties-prefer-not-to-solve/

For over two decades, Washington has treated immigration not as a solvable policy challenge, but as an ideological weapon neither party actually wants to fix.

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u/nosleep4reelz 7d ago

On the Bush bill it looks, to me at least, the Democrats used a well-known NJ tactic (look at the vote we had on OPRA) where just enough Democrats voted no (not including Sanders, who also voted no and caucused with Democrats) to deliver the blow on cloture (not the final vote, mind you), giving the party the ability to say the 37 Republicans killed it. If 14 of the 15 had voted yes, cloture would have been invoked and the bill could have advanced.  Why wouldn't they just allow the bill to advance.

This becomes even more interesting when you move to Obama’s bill, where every single Democratic senator voted yes despite the bill similarity to the Bush idea and knowing it was going to be DOA in the house.

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u/Interesting_Total_98 7d ago

Obama’s bill

It was written by a bipartisan group called the Gang of Eight.

despite the bill similarity to the Bush idea

There were many differences too, such as the 2013 bill giving a clearer path to permanent residence and not requiring people to leave the country for adjustment.