There's a difference between doing things like restricting immigration from culturally different places, which is quite a generally popular policy, and wanting

There's a difference between doing things like restricting immigration from culturally different places, which is quite a generally popular policy, and wanting to grab and imprison people without trial which is along the lines of Miller's policies. There's a danger with ostracising people for normal concerns that you drive them to elect extremists. See for example the organised Chinese apply for asylum package tours https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7TNP2OTY2g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7TNP2OTY2g before the last election. If the dems won't control immigration you get Miller et al in instead.