John Shuford (Portland State): The Compassion of “Compassionate Migration”. John C. Eastman (Chapman): The Power to Control Immigration is a Core Aspect of Sovereignty. Peter Margulies (Roger Williams): Bans, Borders, and Justice: Judicial Review of Immigration Law in the Trump Administration. Peter L. Markowitz and Lindsay Nash (Cardozo): Pardoning Immigrants. Ed Kilgore on Trump’s immigration flip-flop. Why Democrats are more than happy to negotiate with Trump. Congress’ far Right melts down over Trump’s DACA deal with Democrats. Does the GOP base love Trump more than it hates “amnesty”? Trump’s biggest fans, from Breitbart to r/The_Donald, are furious about his immigration deal.
It is impossible to argue that Trump’s base of voters were primarily motivated by “economic anxiety” when this is the one promise he’s not allowed to break to retain their support.
