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The problem is (2) has been pushed recently by the left in America (unlike 20 years ago when it was the right that liked illegal immigration) as a racist stance

The problem is (2) has been pushed recently by the left in America (unlike 20 years ago when it was the right that liked illegal immigration) as a racist stance, and "open borders" was a big policy idea. So many, many thousands of illegal immigrants (renamed 1984-style to "undocumented" by the media outlets who operate in lockstep with the Democrat party) have been allowed in, and have been sheltered by businesses who like below-minimum wage labour, and by democrat cities in general. This means there's not much left to do when left-wing activists violently defend illegal immigrants from ICE removal other than escalating ICE activities to compensate.

pjc50 1y ago
> 20 years ago when it was the right that liked illegal immigration I don't think that was ever the case? The South Park "they took our jobs!" episode was 2004. The right has been against immigration since the Chinese Exclusion Act.
insane_dreamer 1y ago
> it was the right that liked illegal immigration they still like illegal immigration, because it's good for businesses (the primary concern of the right) its Trump/MAGA's xenophobic popularism that is reflected in ICE's thuggery (which is clearly designed to instill fear; the same way that S.Miller's plans to separate children from parents at the border was overtly designed to instill fear). It is not reflective of the traditional GOP. In fact, GOP senators have pressed Trump into making "exceptions" -- you'll notice how ICE is primarily operating in "blue" cities, and not raiding farms and chicken processing plants in the Midwest or the CA central valley -- this is not a coincidence.