you know, this is the american story writ large. generation after generation after generation who came here not because we were race, not because we were a single tribe but because we were a propositional nation, an idea that if you came here you could become an american. the one unique nation on earth where there s zero racial or cultural universality. there s a universality of the idea of america. and what ken is saying, and i think this is incredibly disappointing for a man who used to be a principled conservative, is that he has adopted the steven miller, steve bannon, donald trump mode of thinking, that immigration should be based on i mean, look, let s be honest about this. this isn t a code for whether they come here with a 401(k) or not. it s a code for whether they come here if they re white or not. and this administration is explicitly racial knits desire to have its immigration system
you know, this is the american story writ large. generation after generation after generation who came here not because we were race, not because we were a single tribe but because we were a propositional nation, an idea that if you came here you could become an american. the one unique nation on earth where there s zero racial or cultural universality. there s a universality of the idea of america. and what ken is saying, and i think this is incredibly disappointing for a man who used to be a principled conservative, is that he has adopted the steven miller, steve bannon, donald trump mode of thinking, that immigration should be based on i mean, look, let s be honest about this. this isn t a code for whether they come here with a 401(k) or not. it s a code for whether they come here if they re white or not. and this administration is explicitly racial knits desire to have its immigration system look a certain way.
no health care plan that we know of, probably came here with the clothing they wore. you know, this is the american story writ large. generation after generation after generation who came here not because we were race, not because we were a single tribe but because we were a propositional nation, an idea that if you came here you could become an american. the one unique nation on earth where there s zero racial or cultural universality. there s a universality of the idea of america. and what ken is saying, and i think this is incredibly disappointing for a man who used to be a principled conservative, is that he has adopted the steven miller, steve bannon, donald trump mode of thinking, that immigration should be based on i mean, look, let s be honest about this. this isn t a code for whether they come here with a 401(k) or not. it s a code for whether they come here if they re white or not.