If you're a rich Republican donor, you don't want them to actually strengthen barriers to migration because your firm runs on undocumented labor or undocumented workers so your landscaping and look after your kids.
You want immigration to continue to serve as red meat as the Republicans cut taxes and ease regulatory costs on your business (either by weakening them or strengthening them specifically to make it more difficult for new market entrants to get a foothold)
If you're a rich Republican donor, you don't want them to actually strengthen barriers to migration because your firm runs on undocumented labor or undocumented workers so your landscaping and look after your kids.
You want immigration to continue to serve as red meat as the Republicans cut taxes and ease regulatory costs on your business (either by weakening them or strengthening them specifically to make it more difficult for new market entrants to get a foothold)
Yup, immigration scare mongering is what gets the hooting chuds all worked up. It's not an actual concern. Which is why Dems using it is lame.