Why It’s Going to Be All About Immigration This November After the DAPA Ruling: New at Reason

On trade, the two parties are trying to beat each other to the protectionist punch. But on immigration, the Supreme Court’s split DAPA decision will only widen the gap between the two parties making it the single most important wedge issue come November, notes Reason Foundation Senior Analyst Shikha Dalmia. It’s going to be all about the base (Meghan Trainor anyone?) as:

Both candidates will use the issue to mobilize their base—Hillary Clinton will target Latinos, because they are most affected by DAPA, and Donald Trump the white working class, because they are the most incensed about it. This election will degenerate into a full-blown game of identity politics—or what in pre-modern parlance used to be called tribal warfare. This is precisely what America with its fancy Constitution and grant of individual—not group—rights was supposed to avoid.

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