"Combating xenophobia should be a moral issue, not a utilitarian one." Equating 'pro immigration' with 'morality' is the rather problematic basis of your state

"Combating xenophobia should be a moral issue, not a utilitarian one." Equating 'pro immigration' with 'morality' is the rather problematic basis of your statement. Many countries (most, in fact) do just fine without large scale immigration policies. Many nations with immigration are struggling to cope. Moreover, there are serious flaws with US immigration policy such that one could be opposed to it on that basis. Very, very few people 'hate immigrants'. But significant numbers of people think it's inappropriate to have people sneaking across the border, without documentation or status, and others just don't support large scale immigration, or perhaps have other criteria.