"Any Immigration Bill MUST HAVE full funding for the Wall, end Catch & Release, Visa Lottery and Chain, and go to Merit Based Immigration."
These are perfectly reasonable conditions....which are also in the best interest of this nation. And they will also take care of the so-called "Dreamers" that the Democrats piously claim to be so concerned about. That's not really what the Democrats are concerned about, though, or they would agree to this and the DACA problem would be solved. What the Democrats are really concerned about is a never-ending flow of poor immigrants that will be dependent upon the government dole whom they can bring to the country, set up with government benefits paid for by American taxpayers....who will then dutifully vote for their Democratic masters.
The future of a viable Democratic Party depends upon keeping an ever-growing number of people dependent upon government benefits which the Democrats will give them....after taking the money from other Americans. The Democratic strategy for immigrants dovetails nicely with its strategy for maintaining a 90-95% hold on black voters. It has been estimated that if the Democrats' share of the black vote just declined to the 80-85% level it would be fatal to the Democratic Party's position as a viable political party at the national level.....so they must keep those people on the Democratic plantation. And when someone talks about leaving the plantation, things like this quickly happen:
https://www.dailywire.com/news/30083/maxine-waters-tells-kanye-shut-he-talks-out-ben-shapiro