neither the major parties wants to [do something about immigration] because then they wouldn't be able to campaign on it and fundraise on it
OpinionKasie Whitener, at South Carolina U.S. Senate General Election Debate (SCETV)
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Why we checked itThis is a specific causal assertion that both major parties are deliberately avoiding immigration reform to preserve it as a campaign and fundraising issue — a claim about political motivation that could be examined against legislative records and party behavior
What we foundThe claim is a causal inference about the intentions of both major parties — asserting they deliberately avoid solving immigration to preserve it as a campaign and fundraising asset — which is a normative/motivational judgment that cannot be empirically verified as true or false.