The Convoy

[Angrboda]

The Republicans are trying to lay immigration problems at the foot of the Democrats, yet Republicans have controlled both congress and the white house for two years and they haven't done dick about it except talk -- talk, not vote -- about a border wall and revoke DACA. Illegal immigration is at an all time high under Trump and the crisis at the border is one of the Republicans' and Trump's own making. As director of the Women's Refugee Commission said, "This is a reflection of what happens when you undermine orderly access to asylum.” So now Republicans are trying to blame Democrats for their ineffectiveness and lack of unity. Republicans are nothing but shameless liars and hypocrites.

President Trump on Monday sharply intensified a Republican campaign to frame the midterm elections as a battle over immigration and race, issuing a dark and factually baseless warning that “unknown Middle Easterners” were marching toward the American border with Mexico ... Mr. Trump suggested without any proof that the opposition was involved in instigating the caravan. “I think the Democrats had something to do with it,” he said.

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Most pervasive have been broad and largely false claims that Democrats support an “open borders” immigration policy that would lead to a vast influx of violent crime. Republicans have deployed that charge in countless elections, and are now linking mainstream Democrats who support immigration reforms to far-left activists who favor abolishing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. Republicans are also accusing Democrats, without evidence, of going soft on MS-13, a Latin American gang that Mr. Trump regularly depicts as a national menace.

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While opposition to illegal immigration runs strong, a poll published Sunday by NBC News and The Wall Street Journal found voters trusted Democrats slightly more than Republicans on the overall immigration issue.

Trump and G.O.P. Candidates Escalate Race and Fear as Election Ploys