How the Left Accidentally Bolstered the Nativist Right
The Atlantic Ideas • 4/2/2026
Summary
The left has inadvertently strengthened the nativist right by dismissing the distinction between legal and illegal immigration as bogus. This stance has indicated that advocates would not defend the distinction.
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