Nobody is anti-immigrant outside of a small pocket of anti-H1B folks in the tech community. People are, however, anti-illegal-immigrant, which is completely different.
A lot of actual racists nazis hijack the anti-illegal-immigrant sentiment. I get that it's illegal, and every US administration has enforced it strictly (despite popular rhetoric).
But, the value illegal immigrants bring to the US economy cannot be understated. Purely from a economic standpoint, illegal immigrants are a huge asset. There are other portions of the population that are largely a liability.
It's not like illegal immigrants are taking skilled work americans could be doing. And let's be honest, even without illegal immigrants, a lot of unskilled work will be replaced by AI/automation.
I personally, have no problem against humane and lawful enforcement of immigration laws. But given that it is a determent to the economy, perhaps more serious and concerning crimes should be enforced? Perhaps the targets should be employers of illegal immigrants? Perhaps zip tying children and locking them in cages and denying them basic hygiene is not the right approach? I think the details is where it gets controversial, most sane people would agree that laws should be enforced.
