Sometimes I encounter nativists who say something like "I'm not anti-immigration, I'm anti-illegal immigration."
Being anti-illegal immigration is the same as being anti-immigration, since the government could turn illegal immigration into legal immigration at the stroke of a pen.
Since nativists don't support removing immigration suppression laws, it must be immigration itself that they object to.
They're like the gun banners who say "I'm not anti-gun, I'm anti-illegal guns", but then support laws that make it almost impossible to legally acquire a gun.
Being anti-illegal immigration is the same as being anti-immigration, since the government could turn illegal immigration into legal immigration at the stroke of a pen.
Since nativists don't support removing immigration suppression laws, it must be immigration itself that they object to.
They're like the gun banners who say "I'm not anti-gun, I'm anti-illegal guns", but then support laws that make it almost impossible to legally acquire a gun.