
If you are politically engaged and care about all life on earth, you should do a lot more than just voting (which is harm reduction at best). The government is not on the side of the people NO MATTER HOW HARD THEY TRY TO CONVINCE YOU. The colonial state was built on inequality as a foundational mechanism, and nobody will be free until we reject that frame.
My point is they shouldn’t have to promise to do anything, you should vote for them because they aren’t republicans. They want to stop the Iran war, stop illegal tarrifs, they will respect the independence of the judiciary, normalize world relations. And to your point specifically, Biden tried to pass student loan forgiveness and was blocked by the conservative Supreme Court, and democrats have consistently been improving healthcare since Obamacare, with negotiating lower drug prices
So then why say they can prove themselves to get in? Immigration provides an enormous benefit to our nation, providing required labor as well as enticing the best and the brightest to come and work at our universities and companies which are leading the way for scientific innovation and technological advancement
They don't provide required labor. They provide labor that Americans USED to do. Then the democrats raised the minimum wage past what made sense for companies, so they hired slaves, in a way. They are underpaid, they have no legal protections, many of them and companies use them to generate massive profits. I would much rather they keep their big and bright ideas at their universities and allow americans to benefit from ours. Largely, Modern mass migration has been a failure.
Things would be more expensive without immigrant labor. And international students and workers are coming here to work and improve American lives. It’s incredibly beneficial to have people from other countries who may have specialized skills or talents. Talents which Americans benefit from