Dick Durbin started this nonsense, despite the fact he uses the term too. Everyone has used the term for seventy years and it has absolutely nothing to do with race. But what’s said is the people that just lapped up what Murphy said, as though it were true.
Via Twitchy:
Never mind the fact that plenty of Democrats have used the term themselves in debating immigration policy: party leaders are now trying to add “chain migration” to the Big Book of Forbidden Words. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut was up to bat Saturday:
Hmm … so what if you say that you’re all for chain migration? What side does that land you on?