[La Lydia]

So the “change in immigration stance” this advocates is “bend over even farther”?

[cripplecreek]

Its the Overton window (The political theory by Joseph P Overton not the book by Beck)

The Overton Window is a means of visualizing which ideas define that range of acceptance by where they fall in it. Proponents of policies outside the window seek to persuade or educate the public so that the window either “moves” or expands to encompass them. Opponents of current policies, or similar ones currently within the window, likewise seek to convince people that these should be considered unacceptable.

If you simply whip the window open wide, you turn people away. If you slowly inch it open a little at a time and give people time to adjust, you can inch it a little further. Basically its the incrementalism our political "betters" have used on us for years. Fortunately we're wising up and turning them out to pasture.