How do we possibly deal with this? These figures are insane. Is the pro-immigration movement basically dead?

I am from the DR but live in the US, albeit I have muslim grandparents who moved there in trujillo. I also have a lot of family in Europe.

I find it harder and harder to defend immigration. Not because of any changes in my values but because it just feels like a complete lost cause, and every time I bring it up I feel like I am just ‘tainting’ any other argument I possibly make. Almost all of my family in Europe, which previously were very pro immigration, have changed to being strongly anti-immigrant, despite being immigrants themselves. Same with many friends that I always thought were liberal.

Like, what is our threshold where continuing immigration is just straight up anti-democratic? At what point do we risk everything over this one specific issue? At what point are we also *endangering* existing immigrants in these nations by enabling the far right to gain not just power, but a mandate from the people to abuse that power?

I’ll be honest. In some ways, our job will be to keep the flame of liberalism alive during what is to be a dark time.

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