Immigration fears are pushing centrists to the right in the US and Europe

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Yea, but who builds infrastructure? Where I live, 50% of the workforce in construction is immigrants.

PS: I'm not saying what you say isn't true, it's just weird to see countries that were built by wave after wave of immigrants now say it's not working anymore. What changed from then to now?

PS2: https://www.vox.com/politics/351535/3-theories-for-americas-anti-immigrant-shift probably it's inequality making the majority of people feel like if they don't have enough for themselves, how can new people move in?

also: I was wrong, there's always been some pushback against the wrong kind of immigrants e.g.:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2024/immigration-history-race-quota-progress/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_immigration_to_the_United_States

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_Nothing

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/12/opinion/columbus-day-italian-american-racism.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Italianism

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Irish_sentiment

Fell down a rabbit hole, sorry for the linkdump, this stuff really puts into perspective the stuff happening in american politics today.