The US has historically run pretty hot and cold with immigration. We're in an "immigrants are evil" phase right now, and we have been before. But the wheel will

The US has historically run pretty hot and cold with immigration. We're in an "immigrants are evil" phase right now, and we have been before. But the wheel will keep spinning and we'll be in a "immigrants are great" phase again. US' attitude towards immigration is generally correlated with how economically secure people are feeling. The less secure, the more immigrants are viewed as a threat and even scapegoated. What's happening with immigration right now says a lot about how secure people are feeling.