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As controversial as President Donald Trump’s mass deportations are, voters still trust the Republican Party far more on immigration than they trust the Democratic Party. According to some polling, the gap is almost 20 points.

Former New York Times columnist Josh Barro has correctly identified the Democratic Party’s lingering problem with the issue. Under the wry headline that nods to meme culture, “Why Aren’t We All Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This,” Barro argues that “to win back voters’ trust, the party must acknowledge that the Biden administration’s policy of laxity was a failure, and commit credibly to better enforcement.”

“Accountability for the prior administration’s policy failures is also very important,” Barro continues, “and Democrats should be clamoring for that now.”

“Who decided Biden should issue those day-one executive orders that sent a message to migrants that they should run for our border while they had the chance?” Barro asks. “And how do we make sure that the next Democratic White House is staffed with people who won’t be inclined to make the same mistakes?”

These are good questions. And Barro notes that “the next time a Democratic White House is staffing up … the Dreaded Groups will still be there, trying to build a White House that prioritizes their pet goals over building a sustainable political movement.”

“So I’d like my allies not to be flying blind,” Barro writes, “we should know more about who authored the biggest political blunders in the Biden White House so we can try to make sure those people never work in this town again.”

The problem for centrist Democrats such as Barro is that the worldview that created the Biden border crisis is not confined to a few fringe decision-makers. It is the worldview of the entire Democratic Party immigration policy apparatus. White House immigration staffers don’t just appear out of thin air. They come from groups such as America’s Voice, the American Immigration Council, the Center for American Progress, the Migration Policy Institute, the National Immigration Law........

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