George Boardman | Columnist
It’s the nature of politics to rally ‘round the flag when it comes to a party’s position on the major issues of the day. This is particularly true of Republicans who aspire to re-election or higher office and fear the wrath of you know who.
One way to stay on the good side of Donald Trump is an iron-fisted approach to illegal aliens, portrayed by the Grand Old Party as disreputable people possibly criminals who want to take jobs no Americans want. Rep. Doug LaMalfa can be counted among the believers.
He backed Trump’s call for the “big, beautiful” border wall that would be paid for by Mexico and cheered brass knuckles handling of those who dared cross the border. LaMalfa reaffirmed his position last month when he voted against HR 6, the Biden administration’s attempt to reform part of our broken immigration laws.
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The conservatives still asking why it’s a good idea to legalize agricultural workers and “Dreamers” just need to ask farm growers and economists.
The answer is simple. The young immigrants called “Dreamers” pour billions into the U.S. economy, and the American agricultural industry that feeds our nation desperately need an orderly and legal flow of workers.
The Democratic-led House of Representatives recently approved two separate bills to do just that.
But those bills face stiff opposition in the U.S. Senate, where conservatives are more animated by the current migrant children crisis at the U.S-Mexico border than the important work of helping farmers and “Dreamers.”