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Why won’t Democrats moderate on immigration? Here’s a clue.
Open borders are existential for the party.
14 May 2026 ~~ By Marc ThiessenAsk yourself a question: Why are Democrats so opposed to deporting the millions of illegal migrants who flooded into the country during the Biden administration? They know that illegal immigration propelled Donald Trump to the presidency in 2016. They saw how, after winning back the White House in 2020, Joe Biden’s catastrophic open border policies paved the way for Trump’s return in 2024. And they surely must see the polls showing that Americans overwhelmingly support securing the border and deporting illegal migrants — particularly those with criminal records — even if they disapprove of the way Trump has carried out those policies.
Having lost two elections to Trump on illegal immigration, one would think that even the slowest learners would see that a more moderate course is the smart move politically. But instead, Democrats have doubled down. Why?
One possible answer: redistricting.
Right now, Democrats are losing the redistricting battle. Republicans are set to net as many as 14 GOP-leaning congressional seats across multiple states this year. With the Virginia Supreme Court decision invalidating Democrats’ effort to redraw the state’s congressional map in their favor, the party’s only major victory was the addition of five seats in California, giving the GOP a larger gain so far. And after the U.S. Supreme Court decision declaring racially segregated districts unconstitutional, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and South Carolina all moved ahead with redistricting efforts that will add even more seats for the GOP.
And after the midterms, things are about to get worse for Democrats. Thanks to a substantial population shift from sclerotic, high-tax blue states to more dynamic red ones, the party will suffer a huge loss of both congressional seats and electoral college votes after the 2030 Census. Several projections show that, based on Census Bureau population estimates, Texas will probably gain four seats; Florida could also gain four; and Arizona, Idaho, Utah, Georgia and North Carolina could each add one. Meanwhile, California is on pace to lose four seats; New York and Illinois could each lose two; and Oregon, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania could each lose one.
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Blue states and cities are often magnets for illegal migrants because of their sanctuary policies. In addition, during the border crisis, red-state governors such as Greg Abbott (Texas) and Ron DeSantis (Florida) sent illegal migrants by bus and plane to blue states such as New York, Illinois and California to force them to share the burden of Biden’s policies. As a result, their migrant populations skyrocketed during Biden’s border crisis.
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Democrats need these unlawful foreign residents to offset the departure of Americans fleeing to less oppressive red-state governance. But Trump’s border policies have halted the flood of illegal migrants that Biden unleashed, while his deportation policies seek to remove them.
Democrats may hope that blue-state resistance to deportations — combined with the enthusiastic cooperation of red states — will tilt the electoral math in their favor. For example, Texas and Florida have the second- and third-largest populations of illegal migrants but also lead the nation in Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests. Meanwhile, New York, Illinois, Oregon, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania are among the lowest.
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Democrats may hope that blue-state resistance to deportations — combined with the enthusiastic cooperation of red states — will tilt the electoral math in their favor. For example, Texas and Florida have the second- and third-largest populations of illegal migrants but also lead the nation in Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests. Meanwhile, New York, Illinois, Oregon, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania are among the lowest. If red states help Trump deport illegal migrants, while blue states provide them sanctuary, that could help mitigate the impact of legal residents fleeing their jurisdictions.
Because the fact is, conventional politics alone doesn’t explain why Democrats are running headlong into public opinion by fighting Trump’s efforts to deploy ICE agents to their states and seeking to defund ICE on Capitol Hill. But add in the inescapable census math, and a method starts to emerge from the madness. For the Democratic Party, open borders are existential.
Commentary:
The census and redistricting are important, but don't forget about outright theft.
Illegal aliens, particularly under Biden, were the justification for $$Billions dumped into blue-state, bloated welfare systems. 1000 "Learing Centers" and fake "home health-care" businesses popped up like weeds.
People like Tim Walz, Ilhan Omar, including operators of the Democrat machine in their states, got their hands on a lot of walking-around money for themselves and their cronies. Duplicate this across every state's democrat/woke government bureaucrat and welfare apparatus and that's a great thing for Democrats in power.
Remember when R.C. priest Father Michael Pfleger claimed his Chicago church as sanctuary for illegal aliens.
Seems Democrats ran with the idea.
Trump has sought to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census, arguing they should not be counted for congressional apportionment. This plan has faced legal challenges, as the U.S. Constitution mandates that "the whole number of persons" must be counted every decade, and rightfully so, but rump's efforts to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census are controversial and likely to face ongoing legal scrutiny. The constitutional requirement to count all persons living in the U.S. remains a significant barrier to implementing such a policy.
Illegal aliens have become absolutely critical to the future of the Democratic Party.
That’s why they fight ‘tooth and nail’ to not deport any——even the criminals.
If they gain the White House again, our Southern borders will be wide open again,,,,,in fact, if they get another chance, “you ain’t seen nothing yet” compared to the Biden years.
For that reason alone, Democrats must never be allowed to gain power.
