The minute that article called out conservatism for its “deafening silence on demographic change” I stopped caring. That’s not a dogwhistle, that’s a bullhorn.
When your government is flat out ignoring your immigration laws and allowing huge numbers of poor, low-skilled illegal aliens to enter the US, why should ordinary Americans of all backgrounds be concerned? Who will feed these people? Where will they live? Who will provide them employment?
What about the consequences of not upholding the Rule of Law? What does it say when we don't enforce our immigration laws, even against criminals?
What are we going to tell these people as they progress toward citizenship? That we are a systemically racist country? That the sole reason people don't like the fact they are here is because they are White Supremacists? What are we going to tell these people about the fundamentals of the country that they get to stay in after they crashed our border?
Conservatives SHOULD be concerned about these issues. Conservatism starts with conserving the Rule of Law; it's why people want to come here in the first place (whether they realize it or not).
I want you to tell me what the problem is with “demographic change”. Not immigration policy. Demographic change. If you’re going to defend that article, defend what it actually says, not what you want it to say.
