I do think that what's complicated for Democrats is that, while the majority of the country is probably centrist on immigration, if given the choice between what they feel is a very progressive, almost non-rule-of-law version of immigration and a very draconian view of immigration, they will choose the draconian view because they at least want some order in the system, that is one thing I do think Secretary Clinton did not do an ideal job of. ... To the extent that anybody cared about that issue, they voted for President Trump.

Leon FrescoFresco

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Every one of those eight members, I think they would each tell you that they were inspired by that process because I've never seen that happen before, and I don't know if it'll happen again, in this environment it's very hard to get people into a room and say,' We're gon na negotiate in good faith on an immigration bill.' There are too many polarizing influences that make that incredibly difficult to accomplish, if not impossible.

Leon FrescoFresco