{"id":2449225,"date":"2025-06-19T08:05:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T12:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-make-their-leftward-move-on-immigration-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T08:07:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T12:07:33","slug":"democrats-make-their-leftward-move-on-immigration-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-make-their-leftward-move-on-immigration-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats make their leftward move on immigration- Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-make-their-leftward-move-on-immigration-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2449225&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the evolving stance of Democrats on immigration, with a particular focus on Rep. Maxwell Frost&#8217;s bold proposal for a straightforward amnesty for undocumented immigrants in the U.S. Frost aligns with Republicans in the belief that ther should be no illegal immigrants, but advocates for granting legal status and a rapid path to citizenship for them instead of deportation. This approach marks a meaningful shift from previous immigration reform attempts during the Bush and Obama administrations, which included more stringent conditions for legal status.<\/p>\n<p>The piece also highlights the Democrats&#8217; strategy under President Biden, which has become increasingly aggressive as they seek to counteract Trump&#8217;s immigration enforcement policies, portraying them as authoritarian. several Democratic politicians have clashed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-prosecutor-gascon-drops-charges-against-konnech-ceo-over-storing-election-data-on-chinese-servers\/\" title=\"LA Prosecutor Gascon Drops Charges Against Konnech CEO Over Storing Election Data on Chinese Servers\">immigration enforcement officials<\/a>, emphasizing their opposition to ICE&#8217;s practices. The article notes that there is growing support for the Democratic position, reflected in polling data, despite concerns over whether their approach may alienate more moderate voters.<\/p>\n<p>As Democrats move further left on immigration, embracing ideas such as amnesty without enforcement, the article raises questions about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signs-cryptocurrency-executive-order-looking-to-develop-digital-dollar-and-crack-down-on-national-security-threats\/\" title=\"Biden Signs Cryptocurrency Executive Order, Looking To Develop Digital Dollar And Crack Down On National Security Threats\">long-term efficacy<\/a> of this strategy, especially in light of past political liabilities associated with more lenient immigration policies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Amnesty vs. &lsquo;authoritarianism&rsquo;: Democrats make their leftward move on immigration<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2152148\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maxwell-frost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Maxwell Frost<\/a> (D-FL) says he agrees with Republicans that there shouldn&rsquo;t be any illegal immigrants in the U.S., but his solution is to grant them all legal status rather than deport them.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To my Republican colleagues who say I don&rsquo;t want any undocumented people in this country, I actually agree with you,&rdquo; the 28-year-old progressive lawmaker told reporters in a clip that was widely circulated on Wednesday. &ldquo;So let&rsquo;s document every single one of them with a speedy path to citizenship.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3446477\/winsome-earle-sears-outlines-pathway-victory-virginia-governor\/\">Winsome Earle-Sears outlines pathway to GOP victory in Virginia that will defy the odds<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3446813\/dan-goldman-zohran-mamdani-failing-condemn-phrase-globalize-the-intifada\/\">Jewish Democrat rebukes Mamdani for failing to condemn anti-Israel phrase &#8216;globalize the intifada&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3446847\/sparks-fly-trump-talk-heats-up-virginia-primary\/\">Sparks fly and Trump talk heats up after Virginia primary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Frost is offering what might be the most straightforward amnesty proposal in over a decade. Most comprehensive immigration reform proposals in the Bush and Obama administrations attached more conditions to legal status, would have applied to closer to 85% of illegal immigrants already in the country, and included a more gradual path to citizenship, though details varied depending on the specific plan or legislation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The failure of the last major bill along these lines, the 2013 Gang of Eight proposal, led Democrats to suggest more narrowly targeted amnesties. When these couldn&rsquo;t get through Congress either, then-President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Barack Obama<\/a> instituted the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals program. While there was widespread support for the underlying policy, DACA, as it is called, has always been controversial because it was not created legislatively.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether Democrats will embrace Frost&rsquo;s return to large-scale amnesty. But they are increasingly turning to his approach to fighting President<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s second-term immigration enforcement agenda: framing it as an authoritarian administration disappearing people, especially immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump and ICE are running a government-funded kidnapping program,&rdquo; Frost said in an April statement. &ldquo;Showing up in unmarked vans, with plain clothes officers, they are kidnapping people off the streets and jailing them inside of detention centers without due process and with little cause.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Some of these Democrats are getting into confrontations with officials involved in the deportations and immigration enforcement, which they say illustrate the Trump administration&rsquo;s police state tactics. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was roughly escorted out of Homeland Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kristi-noem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kristi Noem<\/a>&lsquo;s press conference and briefly detained in handcuffs afterward.<\/p>\n<p>Officials noted Padilla approached Noem, attempted to interrupt while she was still speaking before opening the floor to questions, was dressed in plain clothes, and did not identify himself until he was already in the grasp of security. There has been a spate of political violence in recent years, including two assassination attempts against Trump in 2024 and the assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband over the weekend, necessitating precautions.<\/p>\n<p>New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested at an immigration court and detained for several hours after interfering in the arrest of illegal migrants. The scuffle was caught on camera. &ldquo;I will let go when you show me the judicial warrant,&rdquo; Lander told ICE agents. Lander is one of nearly a dozen Democrats hoping to replace incumbent New York City Mayor Eric Adams.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You don&rsquo;t have the authority to arrest U.S. citizens!&rdquo; Lander shouted as he was placed in handcuffs. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not obstructing. I&rsquo;m standing right here in the hallway! I asked to see the judicial warrant.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is wrong that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-city-mayoral-candidate-detained-by-ice\/\" title=\"New York City Mayoral Candidate Detained by ICE\">politicians seeking higher office undermine law enforcement safety<\/a> to get a viral moment,&rdquo; Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/nyc-mayoral-candidate-brad-lander-arrested-immigration-court-2025-06-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to <em>Reuters<\/em>. &ldquo;No one is above the law, and if you lay a hand on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-investigating-voter-registration-group-run-by-democrat-raphael-warnock\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary Of State Investigating Voter Registration Group Run By Democrat Raphael Warnock\">law enforcement officer<\/a>, you will face consequences.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Whether these are examples of politicians seeking publicity or law enforcement overreach, not everyone likes the optics. &ldquo;This rough treatment is uncalled for and unbecoming of a free society,&rdquo; conservative writer and former <em>New York Post <\/em>editor Sohrab Ahmari <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SohrabAhmari\/status\/1935054239610585159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">posted<\/a> on X, referring to Lander&rsquo;s arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Congressional Democrats also embraced Kilmar Abrego Garcia despite serious allegations against him and the fact that he was under a 2019 deportation order. But Abrego Garcia was not supposed to be deported to his home country of El Salvador. He has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/3434546\/kilmar-abrego-garcia-returns-to-the-us-human-smuggling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">returned to the U.S.<\/a> to face criminal charges, but polls &mdash;&nbsp;with questions worded in a way that emphasized mistaken deportation and whether Trump was obeying court orders rather than accusations of gang membership and human trafficking &mdash;&nbsp;showed support for the Democratic position.<\/p>\n<p>Echelon Insights, a Republican firm, also found Trump slightly underwater on immigration for the first time in its <a href=\"https:\/\/echeloninsights.com\/in-the-news\/june-2025-verified-voter-omnibus-2-2-2-2-2-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">June poll<\/a>. Those results also show respondents make a distinction between peaceful anti-ICE protesters, which they support, and anti-ICE rioters, which they overwhelmingly oppose.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Democrats are moving back to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >advocating previously unpopular positions<\/a> on immigration: amnesty, without even the pretense of enforcement, opposition to ICE, and the type of leniency that made the border a political liability for nearly all of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a>&rsquo;s term.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3439655\/los-angeles-seals-democrats-leftward-lurch-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>LOS ANGELES SEALS THE DEMOCRATS&rsquo; LEFTWARD LURCH ON IMMIGRATION&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This isn&rsquo;t true just of left-wing Democrats like Frost, but also Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA), who used the anti-ICE disorder in Los Angeles as an opportunity to take a stand against Trump after months of posing as an introspective Democrat who would lead the party back to the center.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Time will tell which political strategy works.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2152148\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2152148\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats shift left on immigration, proposing amnesty instead of deportation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2659,"featured_media":2449226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/abolish-ice-protester.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3685,3813,36496],"class_list":["post-2449225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrats","tag-immigration","tag-political-shifts"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/abolish-ice-protester.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2449225"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2449229,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449225\/revisions\/2449229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2449226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}