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Opposition to immigration, also known as anti-immigration, is a political ideology that seeks to restrict immigration. In the modern sense, immigration refers to the entry of people from one state or territory into another state or territory in which they are not citizens .
Elections. The Know Nothings were a nativist political movement in the United States in the 1850s, officially known as the Native American Party before 1855, and afterwards simply the American Party. [ a] Members of the movement were required to say "I know nothing" whenever they were asked about its specifics by outsiders, providing the group ...
Nativism was a political factor in the 1790s and in the 1830s–1850s. Nativism became a major issue in the late 1790s, when the Federalist Party expressed its strong opposition to the French Revolution by trying to strictly limit immigration, and stretching the time to 14 years for citizenship.
The ideology of nativism - favoring native inhabitants, as opposed to immigrants - has been very common and contentious within American politics for centuries. Nativist movements have been around since even before American independence, and have targeted a wide variety of nationalities. Historically, nativism was present even in colonial America.
The Democratic Party, and its presidential nominee Kamala Harris, should stop touting “border security” and offer a new approach to the immigration debate, one firmly rooted in American values ...
The Immigration Restriction League was an American nativist and anti-immigration organization founded by Charles Warren, Robert DeCourcy Ward, and Prescott F. Hall in 1894. According to Erika Lee, in 1894 the old stock Yankee upper-class founders of the League were, "convinced that Anglo-Saxon traditions, peoples, and culture were being drowned ...
Biden angers both left and right with new immigration policy. Migrants from Venezuela wait in line to be processed by U.S. Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas, on Jan. 4. (Paul Ratje/Reuters ...
The largest far-right party in Europe is the French anti-immigration party National Rally, formally known as the National Front. [267] [268] The party was founded in 1972, uniting a variety of French far-right groups under the leadership of Jean-Marie Le Pen. [269] Since 1984, it has been the major force of French nationalism. [270]