Nationalist groups seem to be gaining steam across Europe and around the world. News outlets and social media are raising their visibility, bringing views once relegated to the political sidelines into the spotlight. Chief among these groups' priorities is immigration. Britain First, for example, claims immigration is “spiralling out of control” and “placing unsustainable demands upon this country's resources.”
If we look past the passionate rhetoric, however, it's clear that anti-immigration policies are far more likely to harm native-born citizens than to help them. Here in the United States, we should keep this lesson — and some facts about immigration — in mind.
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