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There is still some of that alignment in the U.S., but it’s not the dominant one currently. Wealthier & business-oriented conservatives tend to be pro-immigrati
by _delirium 3y ago
There is still some of that alignment in the U.S., but it’s not the dominant one currently. Wealthier & business-oriented conservatives tend to be pro-immigration, e.g. the influential conservative think-tank Cato Institute is solidly pro-immigration [1,2]. But the more nativist Trump-style conservatives clearly have more power than them post-2016. On the left, the AFL-CIO labor federation has historically been skeptical of immigration (and free trade) for basically the same reasons the businesspeople support them (belief that it will push down wages). Though the labor movement is somewhat more supportive of immigration in recent years.
[1] https://store.cato.org/collections/frontpage/products/the-most-common-arguments-against-immigration-and-why-theyre-wrong https://store.cato.org/collections/frontpage/products/the-mo...
[2] https://www.cato.org/white-paper/fiscal-impact-immigration-united-states https://www.cato.org/white-paper/fiscal-impact-immigration-u...
- willcipriano 3y agoObama was big on deportation. So was Clinton. Bush talked tougher than he was in practice.