What’s behind peoples fear of illegal immigration?

“Its not about race or ethnicity. Its about immigration.

That argument, or a similar one, is one of the most frequently used defenses I hear of proposals aimed at clamping down on illegal immigration from Proposition 187 — passed by California voters in 1994, but gutted by the courts — to more recent and unsuccessful efforts by Congress to make felons of illegal immigrants.

Bakersfield City Councilman David Couchs recent proposals are in the same tradition. At a council meeting last month, Couch floated the ideas of officially declaring that Bakersfield will never be a refuge for illegal immigrants, research the possibility of denying services to these foreigners, and adopt English as the citys official language.”

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