The 'experts' got it wrong on immigration and they are losing at the ballot boxes

Orange County Register:
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It should be clear by now that Donald Trump’s views on immigration, particularly illegal immigration, are not the politically toxic substance that the autopsy report claimed. If they were, George P. Bush’s political career would have been buried by his enthusiastic embrace of Trump’s endorsement.

This Bush wasn’t buried. He won the primary outright, without a runoff.

It may be time to recognize that many people, of all races and national origins, have a sense of law-and-order and fundamental fairness that is offended by the sight of elected officials openly working for the interests of people who have entered the country illegally, even those who have committed serious crimes while living in the United States.

For example, the city and county of Los Angeles have set aside millions of tax dollars to pay for attorneys to represent people facing deportation, a civil proceeding, even though no American is entitled to a publicly-funded defense in a civil proceeding. The mayor of Oakland issued an advance public warning of impending actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in her city, even though the heads-up may have endangered federal agents or allowed violent criminals to escape justice.
Now California is being sued by the United States over three laws that protect people who are in the country illegally from federal immigration authorities. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ lawsuit contends that California has “preempted” federal immigration law.

The California Values Act, or “sanctuary state” law, limits state law enforcement cooperation with ICE. The Immigrant Worker Protection Act prohibits employers from cooperating voluntarily with ICE agents seeking workplace access or employment records. A third law gives state officials the power to inspect federal detention facilities.

Gov. Jerry Brown said it’s “war.” Maybe it is in California. But in Texas, it may be a sign of things to come.
I have seen polling that shows the pro-illegal immigration left do not have majority support in California either.  But the left so dominates the political power in Sacremento that they can pass unpopular laws like the "California Values Act."

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