Leftists Puzzled Why Koch Brothers Are Funding Political Ads Praising Dems On Immigration

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Leftists Puzzled Why Koch Brothers Are Funding Political Ads Praising Dems On Immigration

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
May. 17, 2018

From The Hill:
The Koch Network is using its immigration initiative LIBRE to back a number of Democrats that are working to find a permanent legal solution for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients.

The mega-donor brothers are known for their regular backing of conservative causes, donating millions of dollars to back GOP candidates, but NPR reports that the LIBRE initiative is raising money to protect Democrats who have shown a willingness to work on finding a legislative fix for DACA while also backing stronger border security initiatives.

"This stands out. People when they talk about the Koch network ... they point at areas like tax reform, where we've worked very closely with Republican members," Wadi Gaitan, a spokesman for LIBRE, told NPR.

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[r3volution 3.0]

They're doing it because they're genuinely libertarian-ish, and free immigration is the libertarian position.

 

[timosman]

They're doing it because they're genuinely libertarian-ish, and free immigration is the libertarian position.

Please do not forget to pick up your dummy of the day award.

 

[Raginfridus]

They're doing it because they're genuinely libertarian-ish, and free immigration is the libertarian position.

"finding a legislative fix for DACA while also backing stronger border security initiatives."

Neither initiative is libertarian.

 

[Swordsmyth]

They want to undercut the working class with cheap foreign labor, the left of old would be calling for their heads.

 

[Zippyjuan]

http://www.ontheissues.org/2012/Ron_Paul_Immigration.htm

Sending 12M illegals home won't & shouldn't happen

Even with a healthy economy and stricter border controls, the issue of what to do with twelve-million-plus illegals already here would persist. One side says use the U.S. Army, round them up, and ship them home. The other side says give them amnesty, make them full-fledged citizens, and reward the lawbreakers, thus insulting and unfairly penalizing those who have patiently waited and obeyed our immigration laws. The first choice--sending twelve to fifteen million illegals home--isn't going to happen and should not happen. Neither the determination or the ability to accomplish it exists. Besides, if each case is looked at separately, we would find ourselves splitting up families and deporting some who have lived here for decades, if not their entire life, and who never lived for any length of time in Mexico.

Source: Liberty Defined, by Rep. Ron Paul, p.153 , Apr 19, 2011

 

[Raginfridus]

They want to undercut the working class with cheap foreign labor, the left of old would be calling for their heads.

It isn't that their labor is cheap, so much as the working class artificially costs too much.

 

[timosman]

It isn't that their labor is cheap, so much as the working class artificially costs too much.

This also ensures working class compliance. Isn't it nice how it works?