Trump's immigration deal is, well, the real deal

The Democratic Party’s tactic in the immigration debate has become familiar, and it’s one the party uses in nearly every other issue area. Just call all opponents racist, brand all opposing arguments racist, and even declare any inconvenient vocabulary racist.

This effort to disqualify opposing arguments, a relic of the Obama era that has badly atrophied Democrats’ capacity for argumentation and imagination for new ideas, is not only cynical but also undemocratic. Immigration is a serious issue, and it should be discussed openly and decided by democratic institutions.