Are my views welcome in the Democratic Party?

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Definitely.

While you'd have your fair share of detractors, you'd fit in much more with the Democrats than with the Republicans.

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I'd rather have your kind in the other party, No offense.

Well, if he was in the Republican Party, there's no doubt he'd be the most liberal Republican in the House or the Senate. On the other hand, I can think of several current Democratic officeholders who are to his right overall.

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The idea that immigrants "take" jobs from Americans is noxious and implicitly xenophobic.

If the immigrants dont have skills that make them able to create new jobs they are bound to cut into the existing pool of jobs (or go unemployed).

The idea that immigrants "take" jobs from Americans is noxious and implicitly xenophobic.

And yet it is of course true (immigrants, generally speaking, work for less). Nevertheless, I would agree that it is more the fault of those who refuse to accept lower wages than of the immigrants themselves.

...yet most economists insist that immigrants (even low-skilled ones) do not reduce job opportunities or drive down wages for native citizens. (See here, here, here, and here, just to start.)

Even if I were incorrect, the idea that non-immigrants are entitled to these jobs would remain just as xenophobic.

I think people are referring more to illegal immigrants rather than those who came through the proper channels.