The immigration issue has been a crown lying in the gutter waiting for someone to pick it up ever since the 90s when the Clinton "It's the economy, stupid" Democrats teamed up with the Bush neocon Republicans to make corporate profits and Wall Street numbers their driving basis for economic policy. All the approved economists said making goods cheaper would make everyone richer, no matter how it happened, so they yelled "Smoot-Hawley hur hur" at everyone who disagreed, and invited the world.