Who backed open borders first, Democrats or the New York Times?

Published July 30, 2019 6:56pm ET



Here’s a preview of exactly what every Democrat will say about the southern border crisis at the presidential primary debates this week: “[I]t should be in the DNA of the American people … to approach this crisis with humanity. There must be a way to house the migrants, accelerate the hearings and protect the border with respect for the dignity and rights of these desperate people.”

That’s actually a direct quote from the New York Times editorial board, but the paper happens to hold the exact same position on immigration as every Democrat. In the editorial published Friday, the New York Times also said that our immigration system needs reform and that any changes to it “must be based on American tolerance and humanity and animated by an American vision of a better future.”

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