This is true with almost anything that is scarce. Immigration just being one of them. Wealth for example, Wealthy don't like a lot of people get wealthy. I have

This is true with almost anything that is scarce. Immigration just being one of them. Wealth for example, Wealthy don't like a lot of people get wealthy. I have a rich friend whose discomfort gets plain obvious whenever he sees some one poor make it big. Why? These kind of people feel only reason why anybody should get anything is by being born into it. Getting something through hard work is taken as barging into their elite club though unnatural means. In general people love the idea of getting lucky, benefiting things out of no effort of theirs. And don't like it when others get the same benefits. Immigration is something similar. Once you get lucky, you like it that you are now ahead of the crowd and like you newly acquired status, you want it kept premium and limited to you. Its like watching your cousin become a millionaire while you and he both had access to same resources.